arithmetic
noun
the method or process of computation with figures: the most elementary branch of mathematics.
arithmetics
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pluralof arithmetic.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The arithmetics of distance and time were not cheering either.
From Time Magazine Archive
He does not discuss a symbol, but he shows by his treatment that in some way zero had acquired a special significance not found in the Greek or other ancient arithmetics.
From The Hindu-Arabic Numerals by Louis Charles Karpinski
Lemprière was the great magician who summoned up before my delighted eyes the denizens of a sphere where existence was unvexed by any pestilent arithmetics, and where the slavery of the inky desk was unknown.
From My Unknown Chum by Charles Bullard Fairbanks
Many of the early arithmetics were prepared after the catechism plan.
From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley
I am afraid a professional accountant would heap scorn upon it, as my methods are not those taught in the arithmetics; but that consideration does not concern me.
From Windyridge by W. Riley
