Definitions for arithmetic

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arithmetic a·rith·me·tic

Spelling: [noun uh-rith-muh-tik; adjec

IPA: /noun əˈrɪθ mə tɪk; adjective ˌær ɪθˈmɛt ɪk/

Arithmetic is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 538 anagrams from letters in arithmetic (acehiimrtt).

Definitions for arithmetic

noun

1. the method or process of computation with figures: the most elementary branch of mathematics.
2. Also called higher arithmetic, theoretical arithmetic. the theory of numbers; the study of the divisibility of whole numbers, the remainders after division, etc.
3. a book on this subject.

adjective

1. Also, arithmetical. of or relating to arithmetic.

Origin of arithmetic

1200-50; Latin arithmētica, feminine singular of arithmēticus Greek arithmētikḗ (téchnē) (art, skill) of numbers, equivalent to arithmé(ein) to reckon + -t(o)- verbal adjective + -ikḗ

Examples for arithmetic

NEW DELHI, India — Narendra Modi is to be the new prime minister of India, and the arithmetic of his victory is stunning.

This article has been corrected to rectify an arithmetic mistake.

She looked at the book, which looked exactly like Colburn's arithmetic.

Only arithmetic now, and he would be through with the working part of the day.

I asked the guy, “Do we have to do some arithmetic that comes out to $292?”

“The president has promised to change the arithmetic,” says Rothenberg.

He had his slate-pencil and arithmetic book, and prepared himself to do his examples.

The J-K shooting was simple enough, in that it was a matter of arithmetic logic that one of them was telling the truth.

I am studying spelling, geography, arithmetic, and the Third Reader.

Can we deny that a warrior should have a knowledge of arithmetic?