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arithmetics

arithmetics is the plural 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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Phrases with arithmetics

Questions about arithmetics

What is arithmetics the plural of?
Arithmetics is the plural of arithmetic.

Words near arithmetics in the dictionary

  1. arithmetician
  2. arithmeticians
  3. arithmeticity
  4. arithmetico-geometric
  5. arithmetico-harmonic
  6. arithmetics
  7. arithmetike
  8. arithmetitian
  9. arithmetitians
  10. arithmetizable
  11. arithmetization

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