Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for algebra. Search instead for schaltalgebra.
Definitions

algebra

[al-juh-bruh] / ˈæl dʒə brə /


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.

See Examples For:

In the past few months, I’ve been tracking the Move 37s in math so closely that I might as well be the Journal’s algebra correspondent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

In 2023 and 2024, UC’s faculty admissions board reversed that ruling, finding that three of the most popular data science classes were too light on algebra to count.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

“If your daughter needs tutoring in algebra, you can probably find someone cheaper than Albert Einstein,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

"There's a terrible algebra situation going on here of all of these things will equal 'bye-bye'."

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026

Just like algebra and calculus, these tools and these values represent acquisitions which are too powerful to be discarded, and which remain not as museum pieces but are in constant use.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

One result, now known as the Jones index theorem, showed that when these algebras are nested within one another, their relative sizes conform to precise but enigmatic numerical ratios.

From Nature ● Sep. 28, 2020

In 1984, while working at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Jones came across some formulas that his nested algebras satisfied.

From Nature ● Sep. 28, 2020

Jones’s main focus continued to be Von Neumann algebras and their connections to other fields.

From Nature ● Sep. 28, 2020

We were looking at algebras; we were looking at general relativity; we were looking at pre-space.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 5, 2013

Damp smelling books were here and there among the ruins, histories, arithmetics, algebras and grammars.

From Pee-Wee Harris on the Trail by Percy Keese Fitzhugh


Vocabulary lists containing algebra

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training