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Antonyms for algebra

Grammar : Noun
Spell : al-juh-bruh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæl dʒə brə

Definition of algebra

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Medieval Latin algebra, from Arabic al jebr "reunion of broken parts," as in computation, used 9c. by Baghdad mathematician Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi as the title of his famous treatise on equations ("Kitab al-Jabr w'al-Muqabala" "Rules of Reintegration and Reduction"), which also introduced Arabic numerals to the West. The accent shifted 17c. from second syllable to first. The word was used in English 15c.-16c. to mean "bone-setting," probably from Arab medical men in Spain.
  • As in mathematics : noun arithmetic
Example sentences :
  • According to every rule of algebra, not more than one of us three should be alive now.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Apples and algebra were the things she cared most about in school life.
  • Extract from : « The Green Satin Gown » by Laura E. Richards
  • She went singing to her algebra, which she could not have done if it had not been snowing.
  • Extract from : « The Green Satin Gown » by Laura E. Richards
  • Has your algebra bothered you, or is the barn dance troubling your conscience?
  • Extract from : « Pocket Island » by Charles Clark Munn
  • One might almost as well say, "If I only had the knowledge of algebra I had as a child!"
  • Extract from : « The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book » by Various
  • I'm much better at cricket and hockey than at French and algebra.
  • Extract from : « The New Girl at St. Chad's » by Angela Brazil
  • Anyway what's the good of algebra and physics and chemistry and history and all that junk?
  • Extract from : « Athalie » by Robert W. Chambers
  • Wood sawing had worn him down and algebra had made him sleep.
  • Extract from : « A Spoil of Office » by Hamlin Garland
  • Algebra and geometry were the only studies that continued to defy my efforts to comprehend them.
  • Extract from : « Story of My Life » by Helen Keller
  • The boy from Texas dodged, and the algebra hit the wall behind him.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch » by Edward Stratemeyer

Synonyms for algebra

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