arithmetic
Pronunciation: [əˈɹɪθmətɪk]
The English word “arithmetic” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
- Number theory.
adjective
- Increasing or decreasing by an arithmetic progression.
- Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.
- Of a progression, mean, etc, computed solely using addition.
Etymology
From Middle English arsmetike, from Old French arismetique, from Latin arithmētica, from Ancient Greek ἀριθμητική (τέχνη) (arithmētikḗ (tékhnē), “(art of) counting”), feminine of ἀριθμητικός (arithmētikós, “arithmetical”), from ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number, counting”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ri-dʰh₁-mó-s, form of *h₂rey- (“to count, reason”). Used in English since 13th century.
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