ARITHMETIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arithmetic mean? 

• ARITHMETIC (noun)
  The noun ARITHMETIC has 1 sense:

1. the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations

  Familiarity information: ARITHMETIC used as a noun is very rare.

• ARITHMETIC (adjective)
  The adjective ARITHMETIC has 1 sense:

1. relating to or involving arithmetic

  Familiarity information: ARITHMETIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARITHMETIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("arithmetic" is a kind of...):

pure mathematics (the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Domain member category:

contain (be divisible by)

make (add up to)

quarter (divide by four; divide into quarters)

halve (divide by two; divide into halves)

divide; fraction (perform a division)

raise (multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3)

multiply (combine by multiplication)

deduct; subtract; take off (make a subtraction)

foot; foot up (add a column of numbers)

add; add together (make an addition by combining numbers)

factor; factor in; factor out (resolve into factors)

cube (raise to the third power)

square (raise to the second power)

average; average out (compute the average of)

recalculate (calculate anew)

miscalculate; misestimate (calculate incorrectly)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arithmetic"):

algorism (computation with Arabic figures)

Derivation:

arithmetic; arithmetical (relating to or involving arithmetic)

arithmetician (someone who specializes in arithmetic)

• ARITHMETIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or involving arithmetic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

arithmetic; arithmetical

Context example:

arithmetical computations

Pertainym:

arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)

Derivation:

arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)

 Context examples 

The device software performed an incorrect arithmetic operation.

(Device Arithmetic Error Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)

An international team of scientists has developed a transistor capable of mimicking some characteristics of neurons, such as counting, remembering and performing simple arithmetic operations.

(Transistor that mimics neurons developed, SciDev.Net)

Martin laid down the letter and worked a problem in mental arithmetic, finding the product of fifteen cents times sixty thousand to be nine thousand dollars.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The n-th root of the multiple products of n values, as contrasted with the normally understood arithmetic mean.

(Geometric Mean, NCI Thesaurus)

An arithmetic operation by which the product of two numbers is computed, symbolized by x or *.

(Multiplication, NCI Thesaurus)

It was a long time before my father had a thought to spare upon my examination in arithmetic.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A symbol used to perform an arithmetic or logical operation.

(Operator, NCI Thesaurus)

He performed his mental arithmetic aloud.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Arithmetic, you see, is useful; without its aid, I should hardly have been able to guess your age.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I heard that one boy, who was a coal-merchant's son, came as a set-off against the coal-bill, and was called, on that account, Exchange or Barter—a name selected from the arithmetic book as expressing this arrangement.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)