algebraic
Americanadjective
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of, occurring in, or utilizing algebra.
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Mathematics. of or relating to an element that is the root of a polynomial equation with coefficients from some given field.
is algebraic over the field of real numbers.
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using arbitrary letters or symbols in place of the letters, symbols, or numbers of an actual application.
adjective
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of or relating to algebra
an algebraic expression
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using or relating to finite numbers, operations, or relationships
Other Word Forms
- algebraically adverb
- nonalgebraic adjective
- nonalgebraical adjective
- nonalgebraically adverb
- prealgebraic adjective
- subalgebraic adjective
- subalgebraical adjective
- subalgebraically adverb
- unalgebraical adjective
Etymology
Origin of algebraic
Example Sentences
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What I miss most is closing my eyes at night, then opening them and it’s morning, that total submersion, yesterday’s problems wiped away like algebraic equations on a junior-high blackboard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
And whether expressed in algebraic logic or ancient Greek hymn, its chorus is the same throughout the universe: Be fruitful and multiply.
From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023
With all respect, they need human beings to just sit with them and work through fractions and algebraic equations and all the other operations that make math so beautiful and tricky.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2023
The ancient Babylonians of Mesopotamia used many different words for unknowns in their algebraic system – typically words meaning length, width, area or volume, even if the problem itself was not geometric in nature.
From Scientific American • Aug. 10, 2023
I decided one day in the middle of an algebraic equation to change my luckless life by changing my hands.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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