ARITHMETIC

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The science of numbers; the art of computation by figures.

2.
n.

A book containing the principles of this science. Arithmetic of sines, trigonometry. -- Political arithmetic, the application of the science of numbers to problems in civil government, political economy, and social science. -- Universal arithmetic, the name given by Sir Isaac Newton to algebra.