Definitions for algorism

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algorism al·go·rism

Spelling: [al-guh-riz-uh m]

IPA: /ˈæl gəˌrɪz əm/

Algorism is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 421 anagrams from letters in algorism (agilmors).

Definitions for algorism

noun

1. the Arabic system of arithmetical notation (with the figures 1, 2, 3, etc.).
2. the art of computation with the Arabic figures, one to nine, plus the zero; arithmetic.
3. algorithm.

Origin of algorism

1200-1250; Medieval Latin algorismus Arabic al the + kh(u)wārizmī (surname of a 9th-century Muslim mathematician), equivalent to khwārizm Khiva + -ī suffix of appurt

Examples for algorism

In arithmetic he was influential in spreading the ideas of algorism.

algorism, al′go-rizm, n. the Arabic system of numeration: arithmetic.