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algebra

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Main Entry:
al·ge·bra 
          Listen to the pronunciation of algebra
Pronunciation:
\ˈal-jə-brə\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Medieval Latin, from Arabic al-jabr, literally, the reduction
Date:
1551
1 : a generalization of arithmetic in which letters representing numbers are combined according to the rules of arithmetic 2 : any of various systems or branches of mathematics or logic concerned with the properties and relationships of abstract entities (as complex numbers, matrices, sets, vectors, groups, rings, or fields) manipulated in symbolic form under operations often analogous to those of arithmetic — compare boolean algebra
al·ge·bra·ist 
          Listen to the pronunciation of algebraist \-ˌbrā-ist\ noun


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