arithmetic

English

Etymology

From Middle English arsmetike, from Old French arismetique, from Latin arithmetica, from Ancient Greek ἀριθμητική (“counting”) (τέχνη (“art”)), from ἀριθμός (“number”). Used in English since 13th Century.

Pronunciation

• (noun): enPR: ərĭth'mətĭk, IPA: /əˈrɪθmətɪk/, SAMPA: /@"rITm@tIk/
• (adjective): enPR: ărĭthmĕ'tĭk, IPA: /ærɪθˈmɛtɪk/, SAMPA: /{rIT"mEtIk/

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Noun

Wikipedia arithmetic (uncountable)

1. The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Synonyms

• (of or relating to arithmetic): arithmetical
• (study): math (US), maths (UK), mathematics

Derived terms

terms derived from the noun "arithmetic"

affine arithmetic arithmetician binary arithmetic Boolean arithmetic clock arithmetic congruence arithmetic decimal arithmetic floating-point arithmetic

fuzzy arithmetic interval arithmetic location arithmetic modular arithmetic Peano arithmetic Presburger arithmetic saturation arithmetic significance arithmetic

Translations

mathematics of numbers, etc.

Albanian: aritmetikë (sq) Arabic: حساب (ar) Armenian: թվաբանություն (hy) (t’vabanut’yun) Catalan: aritmètica Chinese: Mandarin: 算术 (suànshù) Czech: aritmetika (cs) f. Dutch: aritmetica (nl) f., rekenkunde (nl) f. Esperanto: aritmetiko (eo) Finnish: aritmetiikka (fi), laskuoppi (fi) French: arithmétique (fr) f. German: Arithmetik (de) f. Greek: αριθμητική (el) (arithmitikí) f. Hindi: अंकगणित n. Irish: uimhríocht (ga) f.

Italian: aritmetica (it) f. Japanese: 算数 (ja) (さんすう, sansū) Macedonian: аритметика (mk) (aritmétika) f. Marathi: अंकगणित n. Old English: rimcræft (ang), ġerīmcræft (ang) Persian: حساب (fa) Polish: arytmetyka f. Portuguese: aritmética (pt) f. Russian: арифметика (ru) f. Spanish: aritmética (es) f. Swedish: aritmetik (sv) c. Tajik: ҳисоб (tg) Telugu: అంకగణితం (te) (aMkagaNitaM) Thai: เลขคณิต (th) (lek-ka-nit) Urdu: حساب (ur)

of or relating to arithmetic

Albanian: aritmetik (sq) Armenian: թվաբանական (hy) (t’vabanakan) Finnish: aritmeettinen (fi) French: d'arithmétique (fr), de l’arithmétique (fr) Greek: αριθμητικός (el) (arithmitikós) m.

Hindi: अंकगणितीय n. Macedonian: аритметички (mk) (aritmétički) m. Marathi: अंकगणितीय n. Swedish: compounds with aritmetik (sv) c.

Adjective

arithmetic (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.

   arithmetic geometry

   • 2008, Emmanuel Kowalski, The large sieve and its applications: arithmetic geometry, random ..., page 189:

     Moreover, the latest work of Katz, involving the so-called 'Larsen alternative', provides new criteria, of a very arithmetic nature, to (almost) determine the rational monodromy group

2. (arithmetic) Of a progression, mean, etc, computed using addition rather than multiplication.

   arithmetic progression

Antonyms

• (computed using addition rather than multiplication): geometric

Derived terms

terms derived from the adjective "arithmetic"

arithmetic mean arithmetic progression arithmetic series

Translations

arithmetical

Armenian: թվաբանական (hy) (t’vabanakan) Czech: aritmetický (cs) m. Irish: uimhríochta (ga), uimhríochtúil (ga) Italian: aritmetico (it) m., aritmetica (it) f.

Macedonian: аритметички (mk) (aritmétički) m. Polish: arytmetyczny f. Russian: арифметический (ru) Swedish: aritmetisk (sv)

computed using addition rather than multiplication

Armenian: թվաբանական (hy) (t’vabanakan) Finnish: aritmeettinen (fi) French: arithmétique (fr)

Macedonian: аритметички (mk) (aritmétički) m. Russian: арифметический (ru) Swedish: aritmetisk (sv)

See also

• List of terms used in arithmetic