arithmetician
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of arithmetician
1550–60; < Middle French arithmeticien; arithmetic, -ian
Example Sentences
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One high school girl rang up to ask how to divide 182 by 9; her listener, no arithmetician, was stumped.
From Time Magazine Archive
John was a fair penman and a sound arithmetician, and Stephenson sought his society chiefly for the purpose of improving himself in writing and “figures.”
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Smiles, Samuel
He has gone into the detail in proper A.G. spirit, namely, as an arithmetician rather than a tactician.
From Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 by Hamilton, Ian, Sir
The accident, of which he had read that morning, caused him to put two and two together—making a round dozen, after the custom of his type of arithmetician.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie
The news from Palermo may be said to have converted him from an arithmetician into an astronomer.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
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