arithmetical
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But set aside the arithmetical questions for a second and the problems faced by Mr Sunak become clearer.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2023
This boxy confection of bone-colored plastic would, on payment of about $400, perform any simple arithmetical task you might ask of it.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023
In 1798, English economist Thomas Robert Malthus anonymously published his infamous treatise "An Essay on the Principle of Population," arguing "Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio, Subsistence, increases only in an arithmetical ratio."
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2022
Just as, in arithmetic, you learn to apply arithmetical operations to numbers—for example, addition or multiplication—you can also define set-theoretical operations that generate new sets from given ones.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2021
Colonel Cathcart lived by his wits in an unstable, arithmetical world of black eyes and feathers in his cap, of overwhelming imaginary triumphs and catastrophic imaginary defeats.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word