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algebra

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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al·ge·bra /ˈældʒəbrə/ noun [uncountable]  HMa type of mathematics that uses letters and other signs to represent numbers and values 代数algebraic /ˌældʒəˈbreɪ-ɪk◂/ adjectivealgebraically /-kli/ adverb
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algebraI shuddered at the memory of numerical computations and algebra.Good understanding of most concepts up to and including algebra.We now look at the relational algebra and the relational calculus in more detail.The relational algebra is a procedural language.He hoped to be an engineer, and he was taking algebra and trigonometry and falling behind in both.Computer graphics is, among other things, just what the mathematician needed: an appropriate mechanism for turning algebra into forms.
Origin algebra (1500-1600) Medieval Latin Arabic al-jabr the reduction
al·ge·bra nounChineseSyllable
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algebra
algebra /ˈældʒəbrə, ˈældʒɪbrə/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Medieval Latin
 Origin: Arabic al-jabr 'the reduction'
a type of mathematics that uses letters and other signs to represent numbers and values
—algebraic /ˌældʒəˈbreɪ-ɪk◂, ˌældʒɪˈbreɪ-ɪk◂/ adjective
—algebraically /-kli/ adverb


al·ge·braBrE /ˈældʒɪbrə/ 🔊NAmE /ˈældʒɪbrə/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a type of mathematics in which letters and symbols are used to represent quantities 代数学

algebra, arithmetic, calculus, equation, geometry, logarithm, maths, numeracy, problem, trigonometry

al·ge·bra·ic BrE /ˌældʒɪˈbreɪɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˌældʒɪˈbreɪɪk/ 🔊 adjective