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arithmetic(1) (iou)



arithmetic noun1. Also (earlier) arsmetike, arsmetrike & similar vars. ME.
[Old French arismetique ult. from Latin arithmetica from Greek arithmetike (tekhne) counting (art), from arithmein reckon, from arithmos number. Early forms were infl. by Latin ars metrica 'measuring art': conformation to orig. Latin and Greek forms took place in 16.]
The science of numbers; (the branch of mathematics that deals with) the properties and manipulation of numbers; calculation, reckoning. ME.
BINARY arithmetic. decimal arithmetic: see DECIMAL adjective. mental arithmetic: see MENTAL adjective1. universal arithmetic: see UNIVERSAL adjective.
A treatise on this. L15.
Comb.: arithmetic and logic unit, arithmetic unit a unit in a computer which carries out arithmetical and logical operations.