system of numeration

  • 61Radices — Radix Ra dix (r[=a] d[i^]ks), n.; pl. L. {Radices} (r[a^]d [i^]*s[=e]z), E. {Radixes} (r[=a] d[i^]ks*[e^]z). [L. radix, icis, root. See {Radish}.] 1. (Philol.) A primitive word, from which spring other words; a radical; a root; an etymon. [1913… …

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  • 62Radix — Ra dix (r[=a] d[i^]ks), n.; pl. L. {Radices} (r[a^]d [i^]*s[=e]z), E. {Radixes} (r[=a] d[i^]ks*[e^]z). [L. radix, icis, root. See {Radish}.] 1. (Philol.) A primitive word, from which spring other words; a radical; a root; an etymon. [1913… …

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  • 63Radixes — Radix Ra dix (r[=a] d[i^]ks), n.; pl. L. {Radices} (r[a^]d [i^]*s[=e]z), E. {Radixes} (r[=a] d[i^]ks*[e^]z). [L. radix, icis, root. See {Radish}.] 1. (Philol.) A primitive word, from which spring other words; a radical; a root; an etymon. [1913… …

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  • 64Al-Kindi — Infobox Philosopher region = Arab scholar era = Islamic Golden Age color = #B0C4DE image caption = Syrian postage stamp depicting al Kindi name = Al Kindi birth = c. 801 death = c. 873 school tradition = Early Islamic philosophy, Mu tazili,… …

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  • 65Cingulate cortex — Brain: Cingulate cortex Medial surface of left cerebral hemisphere …

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  • 66Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm — ▪ German philosopher and mathematician Introduction born July 1 [June 21, old style], 1646, Leipzig died November 14, 1716, Hannover, Hanover  German philosopher, mathematician, and political adviser, important both as a metaphysician and as a… …

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  • 67Algorism — Al go*rism, Algorithm Al go*rithm, n. [OE. algorism, algrim, augrim, OF. algorisme, F. algorithme (cf. Sp. algoritmo, OSp. alguarismo, LL. algorismus), fr. the Ar. al Khow[=a]rezm[=i] of Khow[=a]rezm, the modern Khiwa, surname of Abu Ja far… …

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  • 68Algorithm — Algorism Al go*rism, Algorithm Al go*rithm, n. [OE. algorism, algrim, augrim, OF. algorisme, F. algorithme (cf. Sp. algoritmo, OSp. alguarismo, LL. algorismus), fr. the Ar. al Khow[=a]rezm[=i] of Khow[=a]rezm, the modern Khiwa, surname of Abu Ja… …

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  • 69algorithm — [13] Algorithm comes from the name of an Arab mathematician, in full Abu Ja far Mohammed ibn Musa al Khwarizmi (c. 780–c. 850), who lived and taught in Baghdad and whose works in translation introduced Arabic numerals to the West. The last part… …

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  • 70algorithm — [13] Algorithm comes from the name of an Arab mathematician, in full Abu Ja far Mohammed ibn Musa al Khwarizmi (c. 780–c. 850), who lived and taught in Baghdad and whose works in translation introduced Arabic numerals to the West. The last part… …

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