the skill of computation using any system of numerals
3. another name for algorithm
Derived forms
algorismic (ˌalgoˈrismic)
adjective
Word origin
C13: from Old French algorisme, from Medieval Latin algorismus, from Arabic al-khuwārizmi, from the name of abu-Ja`far Mohammed ibn-Mūsa al-Khuwārizmi, ninth-century Persian mathematician
algorism in American English
(ˈælgəˌrɪzəm)
noun
1.
the Arabic system of numerals; decimal system of counting
2.
the act or skill of computing with any kind of numerals
3.
algorithm
Word origin
ME & OFr algorisme < ML algorismus, after Ar al-Khwārazmī, lit., native of Khwārazm (Khiva), mathematician of the 9th c. a.d.