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arithmetical

adjective as in mathematical

adjective as in statistical

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Example Sentences

But set aside the arithmetical questions for a second and the problems faced by Mr Sunak become clearer.

From BBC

This boxy confection of bone-colored plastic would, on payment of about $400, perform any simple arithmetical task you might ask of it.

However, a single day includes many parts, and may seem more than the mere arithmetical sum of all of them.

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

Their model of the universe involved the "celestial spheres" creating a kind of harmony as they moved in circles dictated by the same arithmetical relationships as musical harmonies.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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