OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 5806

algebra

/ˈæl.dʒɪ.bɹə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
álgebra
Elementary algebra: A system for representing and manipulating unknown quantities (variables) in equations.
Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not only vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.
Let us conceive, then, of an Algebra in which the symbols x, y, z, &c. admit indifferently of the values 0 and 1, and of these values alone.
álgebra
Any of several objects of study in Algebra
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