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al·go·rism (al′gə riz′əm)

noun

  1. the Arabic system of numerals; decimal system of counting
  2. the act or skill of computing with any kind of numerals
  3. algorithm

Etymology: ME & OFr algorisme < ML algorismus, after Ar al-Khwārazmī, lit., native of Khwārazm (Khiva), mathematician of the 9th c.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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