algebra

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See also Algebra, álgebra, and àlgebra

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Medieval Latin, from Arabic الجبر (al-jabr, reunion, resetting of broken parts).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈæl.dʒɪ.bɹə/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈæl.dʒɪ.bɹə/, /ˈæl.dʒə.bɹə/
  • (file)

Noun [edit]

Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia algebra (countable and uncountable; plural algebras)

  1. (uncountable, mathematics) A system for computation using letters or other symbols to represent numbers, with rules for manipulating these symbols.
  2. (uncountable, mathematics) The study of algebraic structures.
  3. (countable, mathematics) A universal algebra.
  4. (countable, algebra) An algebraic structure consisting of a module of a commutative ring along with an additional binary operation that is bilinear.
  5. (countable, set theory, analysis) A collection of subsets of a given set, such that this collection contains the empty set, and the collection is closed under unions and complements (and thereby also under intersections and differences).
  6. (countable, mathematics) One of several other types of mathematical structure.

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Czech [edit]

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algebra f

  1. algebra

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Dutch [edit]

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algebra f, m (uncountable)

  1. (mathematics) algebra

Finnish [edit]

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algebra

  1. algebra

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Italian [edit]

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia it

Etymology [edit]

Same as English algebra.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /al.d͡ʒɛ.ˈbra/

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algebra f (plural algebre)

  1. algebra

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Latin [edit]

Noun [edit]

algebra (genitive algebrae); f, first declension

  1. algebra

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Number Singular Plural
nominative algebra algebrae
genitive algebrae algebrārum
dative algebrae algebrīs
accusative algebram algebrās
ablative algebrā algebrīs
vocative algebra algebrae

Polish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Italian, Spanish or mediaeval Latin, from Arabic الجبر (al-jabr) “reunion”, “resetting of broken parts”, used in the title of al-Khwarizmi’s influential work علم الجبر والمقابلة (ilm al-jabr wa’l-muqābala), “the science of restoration and equating like with like”

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algebra f

  1. algebra

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Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ǎlɡeːbra/
  • Hyphenation: al‧ge‧bra

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àlgēbra f (Cyrillic spelling а̀лге̄бра)

  1. algebra

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Spanish [edit]

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algebra

  1. Common misspelling of álgebra.

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algebra c

  1. (mathematics) algebra

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