English Explanatory Dictionary

clock arithmetic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of modular arithmetic.

Word forms

clock arithmetic

Etymology

In allusion to the way that the hour on a clock face loops back to 1 after 12.

Synonyms

modular arithmetic
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