ˈalgəˌrizəm noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English augrim, algorisme, from Old French & Medieval Latin; Old French augorisme, from Medieval Latin algorismus, from Arabic al- khuwārizmi, after abu-Ja'far Mohammed ibn-Mūsa al-Khuwārizmi fl 825 A.D. Persian mathematician
1.
a. : the system of Arabic numerals
b. : the art of calculating by means of nine figures and zero : arithmetic
2. : the art of calculating with any species of notation
the algorism of fractions
• al·go·ris·mic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|rizmik adjective