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al⋅go⋅rism
[al-guh-riz-uh
m] 
–noun Mathematics Now Rare.
| 1. | the Arabic system of arithmetical notation (with the figures 1, 2, 3, etc.). |
| 2. | the art of computation with the Arabic figures, one to nine, plus the zero; arithmetic. |
| 3. | algorithm. |
Origin:
1200–1250; < ML algorismus < Ar al the + kh(u)wārizmī (surname of a 9th-century Muslim mathematician), equiv. to khwārizm Khiva + -ī suffix of appurtenance; r. ME augrim, algrim < MF < ML
1200–1250; < ML algorismus < Ar al the + kh(u)wārizmī (surname of a 9th-century Muslim mathematician), equiv. to khwārizm Khiva + -ī suffix of appurtenance; r. ME augrim, algrim < MF < ML
Related forms:
al⋅go⋅ris⋅mic, adjective
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| al·go·rism (āl'gə-rĭz'əm) n.
[Middle English algorisme, from Old French, from Medieval Latin algorismus, after Muhammad ibn-Musa al-KHWARIZMI.] al'go·ris'mic (-rĭz'mĭk) adj. |
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Algorism
Al"go*rism\, Algorithm \Al"go*rithm\, n. [OE. algorism, algrim, augrim, OF. algorisme, F. algorithme (cf. Sp. algoritmo, OSp. alguarismo, LL. algorismus), fr. the Ar. al-Khow[=a]rezm[=i] of Khow[=a]rezm, the modern Khiwa, surname of Abu Ja'far Mohammed ben Mus[=a], author of a work on arithmetic early in the 9th century, which was translated into Latin, such books bearing the name algorismus. The spelling with th is due to a supposed connection with Gr. ? number.]1. The art of calculating by nine figures and zero. 2. The art of calculating with any species of notation; as, the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc.
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