ARITHMETICS

Noun

arithmetics

plural of arithmetic

Anagrams

• Mechitarist, theatricism

Source: Wiktionary


ARITHMETIC

A*rith"me*tic, n. Etym: [OE. arsmetike, OF. arismetique, L. arithmetica, fr. Gr. arm, the idea of counting coming from that of fitting, attaching. See Arm. The modern Eng. and French forms are accommodated to the Greek.]

1. The science of numbers; the art of computation by figures.

2. A book containing the principles of this science. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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