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algebraic expression

American  
[al-juh-brey-ik ik-spresh-uhn] / ˈæl dʒəˌbreɪ ɪk ɪkˈsprɛʃ ən /

noun

Mathematics.
  1. a symbol or a combination of symbols used in algebra, containing one or more numbers, variables, and arithmetic operations.

    how to solve algebraic expressions.


Etymology

Origin of algebraic expression

First recorded in 1730–40

Example Sentences

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A monomial is an algebraic expression with one term.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

Translate “6 less than twice x” into an algebraic expression.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

Translate the English phrase into an algebraic expression: ⓐ Seventeen more than y ⓑ Nine less than 9x2.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

TRY IT : : 1.121 Translate to an algebraic expression and simplify if possible: the quotient of −63 and −9.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

And the mathematician finds in it a new beauty, from its marvellous correspondence with the motions of a pendulum,—the algebraic expression of the two being identical.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 by Various

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