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Definition of Algorisms
1. algorism [n] - See also: algorism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Algorisms
Literary usage of Algorisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Teaching of Primary Arithmetic: A Critical Study of Recent Tendencies in by Henry Suzzallo (1912)
"The use of special algorisms, temporary algor- istic aids or teaching " crutches,"
oral and written forms of analysis, are of considerable moment in ..."
2. Methods in Education by Thomas Jefferson McEvoy (1913)
"37 ans. 3. 87+36= ? Now we meet the fact that ten tens make one hundred.
hundreds tens units 87 87 3 6 +36 11 13 123 ans. 123 658. algorisms. ..."
3. The Teaching of Arithmetic: A Manual for Teachers by Paul Klapper (1916)
"Such statements and algorisms as are used must always be mathematically correct.
Arithmetic must be made the instrument of developing precision of speech as ..."
4. Training of Teachers of Elementary and Secondary Mathematics: The American by United States, Bureau of Education (1911)
"THE USE OF SPECIAL algorisms, ORAL FORMS. ... The division of opinion, which
exists in connection with the temporary use of special algorisms or " crutches ..."
5. The Complete Works of John Gower by John Gower (1901)
"algorisms. This stands properly for the decimal system of numeration, but the
use of the word in the plural, 1. 158, shows that Gower did not use ..."
6. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1898)
"By inquiring into the various arts of reasoning, their media and algorisms
respectively, there ensues an access of information regarding reasoning in ..."
7. An introduction to the history of medicine by Fielding H. Garrison (1921)
"Many physicians of this period were also mathematicians and authors of some of
the earliest practical arithmetics (algorisms), notably those of Joh. ..."
8. Advanced Calculus: A Text Upon Select Parts of Differential Calculus by Edwin Bidwell Wilson (1912)
"... been to confirm and to extend the student's working knowledge of those great
algorisms of mathematics which are naturally associated with the calculus. ..."
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