Algebra
['ældʒɪbrə]
Definition
(noun.) the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations.
Typed by Larry--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude.
(n.) A treatise on this science.
Typist: Nelly
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Analysis (by means of letters and other symbols), calculus, fluxions.
Inputed by Bess
Definition
n. a method of calculating by symbols—by means of letters employed to represent the numbers and signs to represent their relations thus forming a kind of universal arithmetic.—adjs. Algebrā′ic -al pertaining to algebra.—n. Algebrā′ist one skilled in algebra.
Typist: Ora
Examples
- To the contentment of all he passed third in algebra, and got a French prize-book at the public Midsummer examination. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Our modern numerals are Arabic; our arithmetic and algebra are essentially Semitic sciences. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A third made use of the so-called Arabic (really Hindu) system of numerals, and wrote the first work on Algebra under that name. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- History is one such group of facts; algebra another; geography another, and so on till we have run through the entire curriculum. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- We may secure technical specialized ability in algebra, Latin, or botany, but not the kind of intelligence which directs ability to useful ends. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I then bought a work on algebra in Cincinnati; but having no teacher it was Greek to me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I never saw an algebra, or other mathematical work higher than the arithmetic, in Georgetown, until after I was appointed to West Point. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And for this purpose it was requisite to borrow all that was best in geometrical analysis and algebra, and to correct the errors of one by the other. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Typist: Ludwig