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arithmetical

/noun uh-rith-muh-tik; adjective ar-ith-met-ik/US // noun əˈrɪθ mə tɪk; adjective ˌær ɪθˈmɛt ɪk //UK // (əˈrɪθmətɪk) //

算术,算术的,运算学,算术学

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the method or process of computation with figures: the most elementary branch of mathematics.
    • : Also called higher arithmetic, theoretical arithmetic. the theory of numbers; the study of the divisibility of whole numbers, the remainders after division, etc.
    • : a book on this subject.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    ar·ith·met·ic [ar-ith-met-ik] /ˌær ɪθˈmɛt ɪk/

    • : Also ar·ith·met·i·cal. of or relating to arithmetic.

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Examples

  • Calendar calculation requires the mathletes to use one of several arithmetical algorithms.

  • And every arithmetical operation is an application of this law, or of other laws capable of being deduced from it.

  • Another section consists of five parallel lines, and there are three viii rows of arithmetical symbols.

  • He was before your time;—one of the arithmetical men, and a great friend of Plantagenet's.

  • Arithmometer, ar-ith-mom′et-ėr, n. an instrument for working out arithmetical calculations.

  • Much of the aversion to arithmetical problems found later is undoubtedly due to this disheartening primary work.