Algebra

(noun.) the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations.

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• To the contentment of all he passed third in algebra, and got a French prize-book at the public Midsummer examination. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Our modern numerals are Arabic; our arithmetic and algebra are essentially Semitic sciences. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• A third made use of the so-called Arabic (really Hindu) system of numerals, and wrote the first work on Algebra under that name. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• History is one such group of facts; algebra another; geography another, and so on till we have run through the entire curriculum. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• We may secure technical specialized ability in algebra, Latin, or botany, but not the kind of intelligence which directs ability to useful ends. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• I then bought a work on algebra in Cincinnati; but having no teacher it was Greek to me. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I never saw an algebra, or other mathematical work higher than the arithmetic, in Georgetown, until after I was appointed to West Point. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• And for this purpose it was requisite to borrow all that was best in geometrical analysis and algebra, and to correct the errors of one by the other. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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