arithmetic operation
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- noun
- /əˈrɪθmətɪk ˌɒpəˈreɪʃən/
- Specialized
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operación aritmética
- And it turns out that it just a couple of arithmetic operations will take you from the fingerprint of one part to what you get when you slide over by one position.
- basic arithmetic operations
And it turns out that it just a couple of arithmetic operations will take you from the fingerprint of one part to what you get when you slide over by one position.
- And it turns out that it just a couple of arithmetic operations will take you from the fingerprint of one part to what you get when you slide over by one position.
Examples
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All floating-point arithmetic operations use the facilities in this pipeline, but some operations require more than one pass through it.
Academic text (2000) -
The arithmetic pipeline can start two arithmetic operations simultaneously, the store pipeline can perform two store operations simultaneously, and the load pipeline can perform two load operations simultaneously.
Academic text (1994) -
And it became very efficient to deal with squares and rectangles simply by arithmetic operations, plus and minus and modification.
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The binary floating-point implementation gives reasonable performance, a little less than half the equivalent in HFP format, for the arithmetic operations.
Academic text (1999) -
For example, Lave and associates (1984) found that subjects able to use arithmetic operations while shopping in a supermarket could not demonstrate these competencies on a formal paper-and-pencil measure of arithmetic.
Academic text (1992) -
In mathematics, we learn how to perform the four basic arithmetic operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
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An arithmetic operation is necessary to calculate the total cost of the items in your shopping cart.
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Understanding arithmetic operations helps students solve everyday problems, like calculating the change after a purchase.
Synonyms
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Doing math to find an answer or the correct amount
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A math or computer action such as addition
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A calculation in math like adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing numbers
A series of steps used to solve math problems like addition or multiplication
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'arithmetic' specifies the type of 'operation' as a mathematical procedure, so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes calculations like addition or division. This adjective+noun combination follows a common, cross‑linguistic pattern and is therefore immediately understandable to B1 learners.
Etymology
Arithmetic operation comes from combining arithmetic (working with numbers) and operation (a simple action). It is the small action you do to numbers, like 'add', 'subtract', 'multiply' or 'divide', so it means a calculation you perform with numbers.