algebra
/ˈæl.d͡ʒɪ.bɹə/
Frequency: 3.77 in modern English
Meaning
noun
Elementary algebra: A system for representing and manipulating unknown quantities (variables) in equations.
Uncountable
noun
Abstract algebra: A broad field of study in modern mathematics (often mentioned alongside analysis) loosely characterized by its concern for abstraction and symmetry, dealing with the behavior, classification, and application of a large class of objects (called algebraic structures) and the maps between them (called, most generally, morphisms).
Uncountable
noun
A collection of subsets of a given set, such that this collection contains the empty set, and the collection is closed under unions and complements (and thereby also under intersections and differences).
Countable
noun
A system or process (especially one that is complex or convoluted) that substitutes one thing for another, or uses signs or symbols to represent concepts or ideas.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The surgical treatment of a dislocated or fractured bone. Also (countable): a dislocation or fracture.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not only vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber."
- "Let us conceive, then, of an Algebra in which the symbols x, y, z, &c. admit indifferently of the values 0 and 1, and of these values alone."
- "Fly ! Fly ! avaunt with that base cowardly gibbrish ; That Algebra of honour ; which had never Been nam'd, if all had equal courage—what?"
- "Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra."
- "Algebra is used today by surgeons to mean bone-setting, i.e. the restoration of bones, and the idea of restoration is present in the mathematical context, too."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: جبر
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈæl.d͡ʒɪ.bɹə/
- British English: /ˈæl.dʒɪ.bɹə/