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algebraist

American  
[al-juh-brey-ist] / ˈæl dʒəˌbreɪ ɪst /

noun

  1. an expert in algebra.


Other Word Forms

  • subalgebraist noun

Etymology

Origin of algebraist

First recorded in 1665–75; algebra + -ist

Example Sentences

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And that is why the great algebraist, Carl Jacobi, so often said: “invert, always invert.”

From Time

Mathematics received an impulse, largely, it is true, from the Arabs of Spain, but also from the East; Leonardo Fibonacci, the first Christian algebraist, had travelled in Syria and Egypt.

From Project Gutenberg

The same method applied to a problem given by the ancient Hindu algebraist Brahmagupta, who lived in the seventh century after Christ, might result in placing Brahmagupta in prehistoric times.

From Project Gutenberg

We believe in the existence of the ruins of Palmyra and Thebes, and in certain discoveries of algebraists and astronomers.

From Project Gutenberg

The algebraist, by the transposition of mere letters, catches truths which no chain of reasoning could ever draw out of the deep.

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