Arithmetic
[ə'rɪθmətɪk]
Definition
(noun.) the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations.
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Definition
(n.) The science of numbers; the art of computation by figures.
(n.) A book containing the principles of this science.
Checker: Millicent
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Science of numbers, art of computation.
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Examples
- Wilfer generally seemed to say to himself, after a little mental arithmetic, 'Oh! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They're wittles and drink to me--lodging, wife, and children--reading, writing, and Arithmetic--snuff, tobacker, and sleep. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- 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.
- All these, and many more useful arts, too many to be enumerated here, wholly depend upon the aforesaid sciences, namely, arithmetic and geometry. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- How this came about may be easily seen without much arithmetic or knowledge of prices. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Besides, Edison, like Faraday, was never a mathematician, and has had little personal use for arithmetic beyond that which is called mental. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He had no money and very few possessions of any kind, so that he did not have much occasion to use arithmetic. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- What does your arithmetic say, Rosanna? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Here was begun the copying of manuscripts, and the preparation of compendiums treating of gramma r, dialectic, rhetoric, arithmetic, astronomy, music, and geometry. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- And all arithmetic and calculation have to do with number? Plato. The Republic.
- They will change inches into feet, pounds into bushels, and do other stunts that would make the average schoolboy envious when it comes to arithmetic. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I have no great faith in political arithmetic, and I mean not to warrant the exactness of either of these computations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Can we deny that a warrior should have a knowledge of arithmetic? Plato. The Republic.
- He was doing it again and improving on the manner, at prayers, in his mental arithmetic, all through his questioning, all through the day. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Attai n a certitude equal to that of arithmetic and geometry. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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