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Abbreviation of arithmetic. [The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.]
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A number which has had significant figures omitted beyond a certain point to make calculations easier; rounded number.
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(chess) A method for recording and describing the moves in a game of chess which employs a single uppercase letter for each piece and a letter-number coordinate for each square.
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(mathematics) A numeral system that uses digits to establish a bijection between finite strings and the positive integers, especially by k-adic notation such as unary and decimal without a zero.
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(mathematics, programming, computer engineering) Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters, or inputs; having domain of dimension 2.
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(algebra) Any operation taking two operands.
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(algebra, computing) A symbol representing binary operation; an operator taking two operands.
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(computing theory) A search for a value within a sorted array by repeatedly comparing the target value with the middle element; if they are unequal, the half in which the target cannot lie is eliminated and the comparison is repeated on the remaining half.
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(mathematics) Employing, or relating to, an arithmetical system and notation in which each decimal digit is represented by a coefficient of five and a coefficient of one
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(mathematics) A generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets.
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(arithmetic) To apply a procedure for verifying whether an arithmetic operation is probably correct or certainly incorrect using modulo characteristics of the digit 9.
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(mathematics) The sequence of digits obtained by writing the Champernowne constant in base 10 and juxtaposing the digits.
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A representation of a natural number using lambda notation.
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(arithmetic) A proper or improper fraction the denominator of which is a power of ten and the decimal representation of which is a terminating decimal number.
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(mathematics) A number expressed in the decimal system (base ten), (particularly) fractional numbers so represented.
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(arithmetic) the position of a digit to the right of the decimal point in a decimal number.
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(mathematics, of a positive integer) the number obtained when repeatedly applying above described operation until arriving at a single-digit number.
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(mathematics) A vulgar fraction whose denominator is a power of two, or a rational number representable as such a fraction.
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(mathematics) multiperfect such that σ(n) = 9n
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see even, number. (a number that is equal or equivalent)
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(computing) A fractional-number representation with a fixed number of digits after the decimal point. Compare floating point and integer.
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(computing) Being or using an internal number representation with a fixed number of decimal places (as opposed to floating-point).
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(programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
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(mathematics) Of a number, written in two parts as a mantissa (also called significand, the value of the significant digits) and characteristic (order of magnitude / the power of a number base) e.g. 0.314159 × 10¹.
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(computing) Any simple operation, such as addition, multiplication or division, performed on floating point numbers using a single operation.
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Alternative form of floating point. [(mathematics) Of a number, written in two parts as a mantissa (also called significand, the value of the significant digits) and characteristic (order of magnitude / the power of a number base) e.g. 0.314159 × 10¹.]
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(computing) A real number held as a pair of integers, one representing the mantissa and the other representing the exponent. The base is normally 10, 16 or 256 depending on the computing system.
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Alternative form of floating point operation [(computing) Any simple operation, such as addition, multiplication or division, performed on floating point numbers using a single operation.]
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(nonstandard and non-native speakers' English) Misconstruction of floating point. [(mathematics) Of a number, written in two parts as a mantissa (also called significand, the value of the significant digits) and characteristic (order of magnitude / the power of a number base) e.g. 0.314159 × 10¹.]
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(mathematics, computing) A binary tree in which each node has exactly two or zero children.
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(mathematics, by extension) A number representing the increment between two figurate numbers (“numbers equal to the numbers of dots in geometric figures formed of dots”).
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Alternative form of grossone [(mathematics) A proposed form of integer notation that would be able to handle arithmetic of infinities]
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(mathematics) Occurring at position i in a sequence.
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(mathematics) Occurring at position j in a sequence.
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(computing theory) A linear-time algorithm that searches for occurrences of one text string within another, employing the observation that when a mismatch occurs, the search string itself embodies sufficient information to determine where the next match could begin, thus reducing the number of possible match locations that must be checked.
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(mathematics) Occurring at position k in a sequence.
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(mathematics) Occurring at position l in a sequence.
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A number which is manually entered into source code, rather than defined somewhere as a named constant; especially one which is arbitrary or lacks explanation.
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(mathematics) The part of a common logarithm after the decimal point, the fractional part of a logarithm.
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(mathematics) Occurring at position m in a sequence.
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(mathematics) A whole number that can be divided by another number with no remainder.
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(obsolete) A multiple; a result of multiplication.
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(grammar) An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied.
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(intransitive, arithmetic) To perform multiplication.
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(grammar, logic) having a valency of n
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(arithmetic) A set of numbered rods used for multiplication and division (see the Wikipedia article for a fuller explanation).
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(mathematics) In the base of negative 2.
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(computing, engineering, usually in the plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
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(mathematics) Describing a polynomial that has 9 as the highest exponent of its terms.
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(mathematics) Occurring at position n in a sequence.
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(mathematics, education) An equation or inequality expressed with numbers and operators, such as 3 + 6 < 10.
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(arithmetic) A set of numerals for representing numbers.
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A representation of a number composed of such symbols.
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(mathematics) Multiplied by one: indicating that a number is multiplied by one.
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(computing) The number obtained by subtracting a given n-digit binary number from 2ⁿ-1 (which yields the same result as the logical complement).
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(computing theory) Of a tree traversal, recursively visiting the left and right subtrees before the root.
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The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.
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(arithmetic) A device described in Napier's treatise Rabdologiæ, consisting of a large set of strips used to multiply multi-digit numbers more easily than Napier’s bones.
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R₀ (“basic reproductive rate”)
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(mathematics) Relating to a radix or mathematical root.
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(transitive, arithmetic, rare) To extract the root of a number.
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(mathematics) The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal.
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The number which, added to the given n-digit number in radix r, results in rⁿ. In binary (r=2), this is the two's complement.
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(mathematics) The character used to separate the integer and fractional part of a number in a digital representation of a number, regardless of the base used.
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(computing) Any of various sorting algorithms in which items are processed according to the value of each digit or character in turn
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(mathematics, obsolete) A ratio very close to unity.
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(mathematics) A repeating decimal.
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(mathematics) A decimal representation of a real number that, at some point, becomes periodic (and repeats some sequence of digits infinitely)
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(arithmetic) an arithmetic notation in which numbers precede the operators to be applied to them.
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A written form of a number, based on its physical representation with counting rods.
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(arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
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A number whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes.
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(mathematics education) A rule stating that, if two ratios are equal, then the denominator of the second equals its numerator times the reciprocal of the first ratio: if a/b=c/d then d=(bc)/a.
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A mathematical base for a numeral system; radix.
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(mathematics) a method of writing, or of displaying real numbers as a decimal number between 1 and 10 followed by an integer power of 10
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(mathematics) Synonym of significant figure
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(computing, programming) A floating-point number having half the precision of a double-precision value.
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(mathematics) The unary, or bijective base-1, numeral system.
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(arithmetic) Specifically, the horizontal line between the numerator and denominator in a fraction.
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(arithmetic) A fraction in the form of one integer divided by another, non-zero, integer.
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The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
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Alternative form of zero mode [(mathematics) An eigenvector that has a vanishingly small eigenvalue]
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