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   arithmetic

   noun

   • 1. the branch of mathematics dealing with the properties and manipulation of numbers: "the laws of arithmetic"
   • ▪ the use of numbers in counting and calculation: "arithmetic had never been her strong point"

   adjective

   • 1. relating to arithmetic: "arithmetic calculations"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French arismetique, based on Latin arithmetica, from Greek arithmētikē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of counting’, from arithmos ‘number’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. arithmetical adjective
   • 2. arithmetically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 17

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