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Definition of Algorism
1. Noun. The Arabic (or decimal) system of numeration.
2. Noun. Computation with Arabic figures.
Definition of Algorism
1. n. The art of calculating by nine figures and zero.
Definition of Algorism
1. Noun. (obsolete spelling of algorithm) ¹
2. Noun. Computing in, or using, Arabic numerals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Algorism
1. the Arabic system of arithmetic notation [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Algorism
Literary usage of Algorism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"But the learned Dr. Wallis hath produced several authorities which make it very
probable that the Arabian arithmetic called algorism, performed by the ..."
2. Collections and Notes, 1867-1876: Second Series OfBibliographical by William Carew Hazlitt, George John Gray (1882)
"... algorism. An Introduction of algorisme, to léame to reckon with the Penne, or
with the Counters, in whole numbers or in broken. ..."
3. British Monachism: Or, Manners and Customs of the Monks and Nuns of England by Thomas Dudley Fosbroke (1843)
"... the names of those tracts, although not always suitably christened, will be
required in every volume, and the figure, of the numbers of the algorism, ..."
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