ARITHMETIC OPERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arithmetic operation mean? 

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

1. a mathematical operation involving numbers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARITHMETIC OPERATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mathematical operation involving numbers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

mathematical operation; mathematical process; operation ((mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods)

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

division (an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed)

multiplication; times (an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed)

minus; subtraction (an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated)

addition; plus; summation (the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers)

 Context examples 

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

(Multiplication, NCI Thesaurus)

The device software performed an incorrect arithmetic operation.

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