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arith

arith is the abbreviation of arithmetic.

Meaning of arithmetic

Noun

arithmetic (usually uncountable, plural arithmetics)

  1. (usually) The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
    • Note that all correctly rounding arithmetics satisfy property A1, as do those with properly truncating addition. All faithful binary arithmetics and all arithmetics with either properly truncating or correctly chopping addition satisfy property A2.1992, Douglas M. Priest, On Properties of Floating Point Arithmetics, University of California, Berkeley, page 17
  2. (dated, usually) Number theory.

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Questions about arith

What is arith the abbreviation of?
Arith is the abbreviation of arithmetic.

Words near arith in the dictionary

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  3. Arita
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  8. arithmancer
  9. arithmancers
  10. arithmancy
  11. arithmatic

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