English Explanatory Dictionary

arithmetic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
  2. Number theory.
adj
  1. Increasing or decreasing by an arithmetic progression.
adj
  1. Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.
  2. Of a progression, mean, etc, computed solely using addition.

Pronunciation

ərĭth′mətĭk /əˈɹɪθmətɪk/ En-us-arithmetic.ogg /ˌɛɹɪθˈmɛtɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-arithmetic.wav ărĭthmĕt'ĭk /æɹɪθˈmɛtɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-arithmetic (adj).wav

Word forms

arithmetic arithmetics arsmetrike arsmetryke arithmetike

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *h₂rey-der. Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρῐθμός (ărĭthmós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek ἀριθμέω (arithméō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek ἀριθμητῐκός (arithmētĭkós) Ancient Greek ἀριθμητῐκή (arithmētĭkḗ)bor. Latin arithmēticabor. ▲ Ancient Greek ἀριθμητῐκός (arithmētĭkós)bor. Latin arithmēticusbor. Old French arismetiquebor. Middle English arsmetike English arithmetic From Middle English arsmetike, from Old French arismetique, from Latin arithmētica, from Ancient Greek ἀριθμητική (τέχνη) (arithmētikḗ (tékhnē), “(art of) counting”), feminine of ἀριθμητικός (arithmētikós, “arithmetical”), from ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number, counting”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ri-dʰh₁-mó-s, form of *h₂rey- (“to count, reason”). Used in English since 13th century.

Synonyms

linear

Related words

List of terms used in arithmetic in English

Derived words

affine arithmetic alphametic arbitrary-precision arithmetic arithmetic bug arithmetician arithmeticity arithmogram binary arithmetic Boolean arithmetic clock arithmetic congruence arithmetic decimal arithmetic floating-point arithmetic fundamental theorem of arithmetic fuzzy arithmetic higher arithmetic hyperarithmetic interval arithmetic location arithmetic mental arithmetic modular arithmetic moral arithmetic nonarithmetic Peano arithmetic political arithmetic Presburger arithmetic Robinson arithmetic saturation arithmetic significance arithmetic universal arithmetic vulgar arithmetic arithmetically arithmetic average arithmetic combinatorics arithmetic density arithmetic function arithmetic-geometric mean arithmetic geometry arithmetic hierarchy arithmetic logic unit arithmetic mean arithmetic operation arithmetic operator arithmetic progression arithmetic sequence arithmetic series arithmetic spiral
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