arithmetic operation
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.39 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any one of the four basic operations in arithmetic: addition, subtraction, multiplication or division; any one of said operations as implemented on a computer.
Example Sentences
- "Although Equation 2.45 looks simple, it involves more arithmetic operations as compared to Equations 2.36 and 2.38."
- "A key feature of the IEEE standard is that it requires correctly rounded operations, specifically: • correctly rounded arithmetic operations (add, subtract, multiply, divide); • correctly rounded remainder and square root operations; • correctly rounded format conversions."
- "PHP enables you to do arithmetic operations on numbers. You indicate arithmetic operations with two numbers and an arithmetic operator. For instance, one operator is the plus (+) sign, so you can indicate an arithmetic operation like this: 1 + 2"
Inflected Forms
Phrases
algebraic operation
arithmetic operator
Frequently Paired Words
algebraic operation
arithmetic operator