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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Algorism

· Al·go·rism · IPA
01 n. The art of calculating by nine figures and zero; computation with Arabic figures.
  1. 1.
    The art of calculating by nine figures and zero; computation with Arabic figures.
  2. 2.
    the Arabic system of numeration.
  3. 3.
    The art of calculating with any species of notation; as, the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc.