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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024al•go•rism (al′gə riz′əm),USA pronunciation n. [Math. Now Rare.]- Mathematicsthe Arabic system of arithmetical notation (with the figures 1, 2, 3, etc.).
- Mathematicsthe art of computation with the Arabic figures, one to nine, plus the zero;
arithmetic. - Mathematicsalgorithm.
- Medieval Latin
- Middle French
- Arabic al the + kh(u)wārizmī (surname of a 9th-century Muslim mathematician), equivalent. to khwārizm Khiva + -ī suffix of appurtenance; replacing Middle English augrim, algrim
- Medieval Latin algorismus
- 1200–1250
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