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al⋅go⋅rism

  [al-guh-riz-uhm]
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–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

Related forms:
al⋅go⋅ris⋅mic, adjective
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al·go·rism   (āl'gə-rĭz'əm)   
n.  

  1. The Arabic system of numeration; the decimal system.

  2. Computation with Arabic figures.


[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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