| 单词 | number of algorism |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnumber of algorism number of algorism n. (also figure of algorism) now historical an Arabic numeral; usually in plural. ΚΠ ?c1225Figures of augrim [see sense 1]. c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) i. §7. 5 Ouer the wiche degrees ther ben nowmbres of augrym. 1562 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (new ed.) Pref. sig. A.iv I haue..quoted the Sections also by their due numbers with the vsuall figure of Algorisme. 1861 T. Wright Ess. Archæol. II. xv. 70 The figures of the algorismus are identical in every respect with the characters of the abacus. 1895 H. E. Watts tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (new ed.) II. 212 The dead cannot be reduced to any reckoning, whereas the rewarded who are alive may be counted in three numbers of algorism. 1914 Eng. Hist. Rev. 29 707 Later, after the introduction of the Hindu system, such disks [sc. on abaci] or stones were marked with the numbers of algorism. < as lemmas |
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