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[ US /ˌɛɹɪθˈmɛtɪk, ɝˈɪθməˌtɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. relating to or involving arithmetic
    arithmetical computations
NOUN
  1. the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations

How To Use arithmetic In A Sentence

  • Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail. Act V. Scene II. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
  • arithmetical computations
  • In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.
  • Some indeed were revelling in the formulae of algebraical infinity and of twenty-four-dimensional space, like a child in the elementary class dealing with the four rules of arithmetic.
  • Gauss in 1801 was to take Euler's work much further and gives a considerable amount of work on modular arithmetic which amounts to a fair amount of theory of abelian groups.
  • Half are doing as well at reading, writing and arithmetic as white British pupils at primary school. The Sun
  • The Arithmetica is a collection of 130 problems giving numerical solutions of determinate equations (those with a unique solution), and indeterminate equations.
  • He was the first to identify the group of four canonical sciences (logistic [arithmetic], geometry, astronomy and music), which would become known as the quadrivium in the middle ages. Archytas
  • It is, rather, a handbook for philosophy students, written to illustrate how arithmetic, geometry, stereometry, music, and astronomy are interrelated.
  • The builders may have carried the design in their heads like mental arithmetic. Times, Sunday Times
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