ALGORISM


Meaning of ALGORISM in English

— algorismic , adj.

/al"geuh riz'euhm/ , n. Math. Now Rare.

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.

[ 1200-1250; algorismus al the + kh ( u ) warizmi (surname of a 9th-century Muslim mathematician), equiv. to khwarizm KHIVA + -i suffix of appurtenance; r. ME augrim, algrim ]

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