arithmetically

a·rith·me·tic

A0423800 (ə-rĭth′mĭ-tĭk)n. The mathematics of integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers under addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.adj. ar·ith·met·ic (ăr′ĭth-mĕt′ĭk) also ar′ith·met′i·cal (ăr′ĭth-mĕt′ĭ-kəl)1. Of or relating to arithmetic.2. Changing according to an arithmetic progression: The increase in the food supply is arithmetic.

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[Middle English arsmetike, from Old French arismetique, from Medieval Latin arismetica, alteration of Latin arithmētica, from Greek arithmētikē (tekhnē), (art) of counting, feminine of arithmētikos, from arithmein, to count, from arithmos, number; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]

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ar′ith·met′i·cal·ly adv.a·rith′me·ti′cian (-tĭsh′ən) n.

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arithmetically - with respect to arithmetic; "this problem is arithmetically easy"

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