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1Arithmetic — tables for children, Lausanne, 1835 Arithmetic or arithmetics (from the Greek word ἀριθμός, arithmos “number”) is the oldest and most elementary branch of mathematics, used b …
2Arithmetic coding — is a method for lossless data compression. Normally, a string of characters such as the words hello there is represented using a fixed number of bits per character, as in the ASCII code. Like Huffman coding, arithmetic coding is a form of… …
3Arithmetic logic unit — schematic symbol Cascadable 8 …
4Arithmetic combinatorics — arose out of the interplay between number theory, combinatorics, ergodic theory and harmonic analysis. It is about combinatorial estimates associated with arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division). Additive… …
5Arithmetic — A*rith me*tic, 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… …
6Arithmetic of sines — Arithmetic A*rith me*tic, 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… …
7Arithmetic dynamics — is a new field that is an amalgamation of two areas of mathematics, dynamical systems and number theory. The subject can be viewed as the transfer of previous results in the theory of Diophantine equations to the setting of discrete dynamical… …
8arithmetic mean — ➔ mean2 * * * arithmetic mean UK US noun [S] ► MEAN(Cf. ↑mean) noun …
9arithmetic — [ə rith′mə tik; ] for adj. [, ar΄ith met′ik, er΄ith met′ik] n. [ME arsmetrike < OFr arismetrique (infl. in form by L ars metrica, the art of measurement) < L arithmetica < Gr ( hē) arithmētikē (technē), (the) counting (art) <… …
10arithmetic logic unit — noun (computing) The part of a central processing unit that carries out arithmetic and logical operations (abbrev ALU) • • • Main Entry: ↑arithmetic …
