Meaning
3 senses(not comparable)Increasing or decreasing by an arithmetic progression.
Near-synonym: linear
Growth in the most mature markets is likely to be arithmetic; on what rational basis could one hope for exponential growth there?
relating to or involving arithmetic
(not comparable)Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.
arithmetic geometry
arithmetisch
арифмети́ческийarifmetíčeskij
арифмети́чнийaryfmetýčnyj
(not comparable)Of a progression, mean, etc, computed solely using addition.
arithmetic progression
arithmetisch
арифмети́ческийarifmetíčeskij
Examples
46 sentencesTom isn't good with basic arithmetic.
Том не дуже товаришує з елементарною арифметикою.
Tom likes arithmetic.
Тому подобається арифметика.
ruТому нравится арифметика.
deTom mag Rechnen.
He couldn't do even simple arithmetic.
ruДаже простейшая арифметика была ему не по силам.
deEr konnte nicht mal das Einmaleins.
Can't you even do simple arithmetic?
Tom can't do even simple arithmetic.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English arsmetike, from Old French arismetique, from Latin arithmētica, from AFrom Middle English arsmetike, from Old French arismetique, from Latin arithmētica, from Ancient Greek ἀριθμητική (τέχνη) (arithmētikḗ (tékhnē), “(art of) counting”), feminine of ἀριθμητικός (arithmētikós, “arithmetical”), from ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number, counting”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ri-dʰh₁-mó-s, form of *h₂rey- (“to count, reason”). Used in English since 13th century.
From French arithmétique, from Latin arithmēticus, from Ancient Greek ἀριθμητῐκός (arithmētĭkós).
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- relating to or involving arithmetic:arithmetical