algebraic

[ al-juh-brey-ik ]

/ ˌæl dʒəˈbreɪ ɪk /

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adjective

of, occurring in, or utilizing algebra.

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.

using arbitrary letters or symbols in place of the letters, symbols, or numbers of an actual application.

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Also al·ge·bra·i·cal .

Origin of algebraic

First recorded in 1655–65; algebra + -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM algebraic

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How to use algebraic in a sentence

Roots of unity serve as solutions to polynomial equations and have the special algebraic property that raising them to a certain power gives 1.
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Fittingly, the group structure of homology was discovered in the 1920s by Emmy Noether, a pioneer of the study of groups and other algebraic structures.
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Hilbert’s 13th problem asks whether seventh-degree equations can be solved using a composition of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division plus algebraic functions of two variables, tops.
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Resolvent degree, Farb said, offers a way to categorize these problems by a kind of algebraic complexity, rather like grouping optimization problems in complexity classes.
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The theorem established a kind of bridge between distant mathematical continents, with certain algebraic equations on one side and a kind of symmetric organization of geometric tilings on the other.
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A locus or curve may be algebraically specified in another way; viz.
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The electro-motive changes induced at the two sides now became algebraically summated.
Life Movements in Plants, Volume II, 1919|Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
The effects of gravity and of light become algebraically summated under their simultaneous action.
Life Movements in Plants, Volume II, 1919|Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
But if the self-displacements be averaged algebraically, certain very definite tendencies toward constant errors are revealed.
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Find algebraically the real difference of latitude, meridional difference of latitude and the difference of longitude.
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British Dictionary definitions for algebraic

algebraic

algebraical

/ (ˌældʒɪˈbreɪɪk) /

adjective

of or relating to algebraan algebraic expression

using or relating to finite numbers, operations, or relationships

Derived forms of algebraic

algebraically, adverb

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algebraic

Origin of algebraic

OTHER WORDS FROM algebraic

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How to use algebraic in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for algebraic

algebraical

Derived forms of algebraic