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Arithmetic

n.
  1. The science of numbers; the art of computation by figures.
  2. A book containing the principles of this science.
    3. Arithmetic of sines ,
    trigonometry.
    Political arithmetic ,
    the application of the science of numbers to problems in civil government, political economy, and social science.
    Universal arithmetic ,
    the name given by Sir Isaac Newton to algebra.