arithmetical
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
arithmetic
▶noun /əˈrɪθmətɪk/ the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties and manipulation of numbers.
■ the use of numbers in counting and calculation.
▶adjective /ˌarɪθˈmɛtɪk/ relating to arithmetic.– derivatives
arithmetical adjective,
arithmetically adverb,
arithmetician noun.
arithmetical adjective,
arithmetically adverb,
arithmetician noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. arismetique, based on L. arithmetica, from Gk arithmētikē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of counting’, from arithmos ‘number’.
'arithmetical' also found in these Oxford entries:
antisymmetric
- arithmetic
- carry
- conversion factor
- dyscalculia
- factorial
- figure
- harmonic progression
- number
- Polish notation
- residual
- short division
- sum
- tare and tret
