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US /ˌældʒɪˈbreɪɪkəl/ UK /ˌældʒɪˈbreɪɪkəl/

Meanings

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Synonyms
1 adj · relating to algebra or... algebraic
2 adj · in older mathematical use,... algebraicnontranscendental
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Word family
Derived forms algebraicallyunalgebraical
Related forms algebraequationpolynomialalgebraic number

Etymology

Formed from algebra + -ical, beside the now-standard algebraic. Algebra entered European languages through Medieval Latin from Arabic al-jabr ("restoration"), a term in the title of al-Khwarizmi's ninth-century mathematical treatise. The ending -ical marks relation to the subject or its methods.

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