a branch of mathematics in which arithmetical operations and relationships are generalized by using alphabetic symbols to represent unknown numbers or members of specified sets of numbers
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al•ge•bra /ˈældʒəbrə/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
al•ge•bra•i•cal•ly, adv.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Mathematicsthe branch of mathematics that deals with general statements of relations, and uses letters and other symbols to represent numbers or values.
al•ge•bra•i•cal•ly, adv.
al•ge•bra
(al′jə brə),USA pronunciation n.
- Mathematicsthe branch of mathematics that deals with general statements of relations, utilizing letters and other symbols to represent specific sets of numbers, values, vectors, etc., in the description of such relations.
- Mathematicsany of several algebraic systems, esp. a ring in which elements can be multiplied by real or complex numbers (linear algebra)as well as by other elements of the ring.
- Mathematicsany special system of notation adapted to the study of a special system of relationship:algebra of classes.
- Arabic al-jabr literally, restoration
- Medieval Latin
- 1535–45
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'algebra' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Alg.
- Algol
- Boolean algebra
- Boolean ring
- Euclidean algorithm
- abstract algebra
- algebra of sets
- algebraic
- algebraic equation
- algebraic extension
- algebraic geometry
- algebraic operation
- algebraic topology
- algebraically closed field
- algebraist
- analysis
- binomial
- discrete
- division algebra
- grind
- higher mathematics
- indeterminate
- index
- irrational
- known quantity
- linear algebra
- mathematics
- matrix mechanics
- monomial
- multinomial
- nonalgebraic
- nonalgebraical
- order
- partial fractions
- polynomial
- prealgebraic
- precalculus
- quadratic
- quadratics
- quadrinomial
- quartic
- simple algebraic extension
- simultaneous equations
- stride
- teach
- term
- transpose
- trinomial
- unalgebraical
- universal class