Arithmetical
[,ærɪθ'mɛtɪkl]
Definition
(adj.) relating to or involving arithmetic; 'arithmetical computations' .
Editor: Solomon--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic.
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Examples
- There are forces in the world which work, not in an arithmetical, but in a geometrical ratio of increase. Plato. The Republic.
- Hence the failure of attempts to apply arithmetical or algebraic formulae to logic. Plato. The Republic.
- When Dalton had investigated the relative weights with which elements combine, he had found no simple arithmetical relationship betw een atomic weight and atomic weight. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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