ARITHMETIC
Dictionary entry overview: What does arithmetic mean?
• ARITHMETIC (noun)
The noun ARITHMETIC has 1 sense:
1. the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations
Familiarity information: ARITHMETIC used as a noun is very rare.
• ARITHMETIC (adjective)
The adjective ARITHMETIC has 1 sense:
1. relating to or involving arithmetic
Familiarity information: ARITHMETIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ARITHMETIC (noun)
Meaning:
The branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("arithmetic" is a kind of...):
pure mathematics (the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Domain member category:
make (add up to)
quarter (divide by four; divide into quarters)
halve (divide by two; divide into halves)
divide; fraction (perform a division)
raise (multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3)
multiply (combine by multiplication)
deduct; subtract; take off (make a subtraction)
foot; foot up (add a column of numbers)
add; add together (make an addition by combining numbers)
factor; factor in; factor out (resolve into factors)
cube (raise to the third power)
square (raise to the second power)
average; average out (compute the average of)
recalculate (calculate anew)
miscalculate; misestimate (calculate incorrectly)
contain (be divisible by)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arithmetic"):
algorism (computation with Arabic figures)
• ARITHMETIC (adjective)
Meaning:
Relating to or involving arithmetic
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
arithmetic; arithmetical
Context example:
arithmetical computations
Pertainym:
arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)
