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ARITHMETICAL PROGRESSION

Definition: ARITHMETICAL PROGRESSION

ARITHMETICAL PROGRESSION

1. A progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal differences, as the numbers [lbrace2]2, 4, 6, 8, 1010, 8, 6, 4, 2[rbrace2] by the difference 2.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Synonyms within Context: ARITHMETICAL PROGRESSION

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Number

Ratio, proportion, comparison; progression; arithmetical progression, geometrical progression, harmonical progression; percentage, permilage.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: ARITHMETICAL PROGRESSION

English words defined with "ARITHMETICAL PROGRESSION": EquidifferentFigurate numbersharmonic progressionTriangular numbers. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ARITHMETICAL PROGRESSION": spitzkasten. (references)

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Use in Literature: ARITHMETICAL PROGRESSION

TitleAuthorQuote

Tangled Tale

Carroll, Lewis

OLD KING COLE solves it by an arithmetical progression.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translation: ARITHMETICAL PROGRESSION

Language Translations for "ARITHMETICAL PROGRESSION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏متوالية حسابية, ‏العددية. (various references)

   

French

  

progression arithmétique (arithmetic progression, arithmetic sequence). (various references)

   

German

  

arithmetische reihe (arithmetic progression, arithmetic series). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αριθμητική πρόοδοσ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

טור חשבו י. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

számtani sor. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

算"級数 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

さ"じゅつきゅうすう. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arithmeticalay ogressionpray

   

Portuguese

  

progressão aritmética. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

арифметическая прогрессия. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Fiction
4. Translations: Modern
5. Bibliography


  

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