arithmetic

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: a=rith=me=tic

CIDE DICTIONARY

arithmetic, n. [OE. arsmetike, OF. arismetique, L. arithmetica, fr. Gr. (sc. ), fr. arithmetical, fr. to number, fr. number, prob. fr. same root as E. arm, the idea of counting coming from that of fitting, attaching. See Arm. The modern Eng. and French forms are accommodated to the Greek.].

•  The science of numbers; the art of computation by figures.  [1913 Webster]
•  A book containing the principles of this science.  [1913 Webster]

Arithmetic of sines, trigonometry. -- Political arithmetic, the application of the science of numbers to problems in civil government, political economy, and social science. -- Universal arithmetic, the name given by Sir Isaac Newton to algebra.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

arithmetic, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a the science of numbers. b one's knowledge of this (have improved my arithmetic).
2 the use of numbers; computation (a problem involving arithmetic).
--adj. (also arithmetical) of or concerning arithmetic.

Idiom

arithmetic mean the central number in an arithmetic progression. arithmetic progression
1 an increase or decrease by a constant quantity (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., 9, 7, 5, 3, etc.).
2 a sequence of numbers showing this.

Derivative

arithmetician n.

Etymology

ME f. OF arismetique f. L arithmetica f. Gk arithmetike (tekhne) art of counting f. arithmos number

THESAURUS

arithmetic

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Numeration

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