Arithmetical
adjective
Related to the operations or problems of mathematics in which the numbers are expressed in decimals or fractions.
She's very good at arithmetical calculations.

Often appears as...
- arithmetical operations
- arithmetical progression
adjective
Showing proficiency or skill in applying arithmetics.
There is a chance that he is arithmetical, deciphering mathematical formulas with ease.

Often appears as...
- arithmetical abilities
- arithmetical manner
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Related to the operations or problems of mathematics in which the numbers are expressed in decimals or fractions.
She's very good at arithmetical calculations.

Often appears as...
- arithmetical operations
- arithmetical progression
adjective
Showing proficiency or skill in applying arithmetics.
There is a chance that he is arithmetical, deciphering mathematical formulas with ease.

Often appears as...
- arithmetical abilities
- arithmetical manner
Usage tips
Academic
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Math Principles
Arithmetical involves basic math principles, not just complex calculations or advanced topics.

Learning arithmetical principles helps in everyday shopping.
Not Always Complex
'Arithmetical' can refer to simple math, like addition or subtraction, not just fractions and decimals.

We use arithmetical skills to split the bill at a restaurant.
Math Language
Understanding arithmetical terms can assist with learning math vocabulary.

The term 'sum' is an arithmetical expression for addition.
Math Principles
Arithmetical involves basic math principles, not just complex calculations or advanced topics.

Learning arithmetical principles helps in everyday shopping.
Not Always Complex
'Arithmetical' can refer to simple math, like addition or subtraction, not just fractions and decimals.

We use arithmetical skills to split the bill at a restaurant.
Math Language
Understanding arithmetical terms can assist with learning math vocabulary.

The term 'sum' is an arithmetical expression for addition.
Math Principles
Arithmetical involves basic math principles, not just complex calculations or advanced topics.

Learning arithmetical principles helps in everyday shopping.
Not Always Complex
'Arithmetical' can refer to simple math, like addition or subtraction, not just fractions and decimals.

We use arithmetical skills to split the bill at a restaurant.
Math Language
Understanding arithmetical terms can assist with learning math vocabulary.

The term 'sum' is an arithmetical expression for addition.
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Video examples
Edward Tenner:...
have been expanding geometrically, unfortunately, our ability to model their long-term behavior, which has also been increasing, has been increasing only arithmetically. So one of the characteristic problems of our time is how to close this gap
Video examples
Edward Tenner:...
have been expanding geometrically, unfortunately, our ability to model their long-term behavior, which has also been increasing, has been increasing only arithmetically. So one of the characteristic problems of our time is how to close this gap
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Quote examples
Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
There's a simple arithmetical logic at work. Build more unaffordable and not always architecturally sympathetic apartments, watch the rents rise, the tarts leave, the small shops, production offices and design studios close down, and hey presto, we have another fashionable London suburb indistinguishable from the rest.

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Friedrich List
German Economist
The concentration and reciprocal effect of industry and agriculture conjoin in a growth of productive powers, which increases more in geometrical than in arithmetical proportion.

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Howard Aiken
American Scientist
The desire to economize time and mental effort in arithmetical computations, and to eliminate human liability to error is probably as old as the science of arithmetic itself.

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Franz Kafka
Novelist
It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to be only arithmetical.

Quote examples
Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
There's a simple arithmetical logic at work. Build more unaffordable and not always architecturally sympathetic apartments, watch the rents rise, the tarts leave, the small shops, production offices and design studios close down, and hey presto, we have another fashionable London suburb indistinguishable from the rest.

Quote examples
Friedrich List
German Economist
The concentration and reciprocal effect of industry and agriculture conjoin in a growth of productive powers, which increases more in geometrical than in arithmetical proportion.

Quote examples
Howard Aiken
American Scientist
The desire to economize time and mental effort in arithmetical computations, and to eliminate human liability to error is probably as old as the science of arithmetic itself.

Quote examples
Franz Kafka
Novelist
It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to be only arithmetical.

Example 1 of 4
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