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Arithmetic :: Arithmetic (n.) The science of numbers; the art of computation by figures.

Naught :: Naught (adv.) The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See Cipher.

Notation :: Notation (n.) Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations..

Inch :: Inch (n.) A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime ('), composed of twelve seconds (''), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic..

Real :: Real (a.) Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary.

Logistical :: Logistical (a.) Sexagesimal, or made on the scale of 60; as, logistic, or sexagesimal, arithmetic..

Proportion :: Proportion (n.) The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional..

Subduction :: Subduct (v. t.) To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct.

Unitary :: Unitary (a.) Of or pertaining to a unit or units; relating to unity; as, the unitary method in arithmetic..

Rabdology :: Rabdology (n.) The method or art of performing arithmetical operations by means of Napier's bones. See Napier's bones.

Practice :: Practice (n.) A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.

Logarithmetical :: Logarithmetical (a.) See Logarithmic.

Mean :: Mean (n.) A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the square root of the product of the quantities..

Add :: Add (v. i.) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition; as, he adds rapidly..

Subdued :: Subduction (n.) Arithmetical subtraction.

Addition :: Addition (n.) That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers.

Cipher :: Cipher (v. i.) To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic.

Proportion :: Proportion (n.) The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; -- called also geometrical proportion, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth..

Arsmetrike :: Arsmetrike (n.) Arithmetic.

Logarithm :: Logarithm (n.) One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division..

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