algebra

UK /ˈæl.dʒɪ.bɹə/ US /ˈæl.d͡ʒɪ.bɹə/

noun 5

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ADJ.

abstract, abstract, advanced, cowardly, favorite, financial, gibbrish, high

I struggled with advanced algebra when I first started high school.

VERB + ALGEBRA

explaining, hate, learn, struggled, studying, took, tried

I struggled with algebra in high school but finally understood it in college.

ALGEBRA + NOUN

homework, monomorphism, number, school, theory

I struggled with algebra homework last night and asked my teacher for help this morning.

PREP.

in, in, on, until, with

I struggled with algebra in high school until my teacher finally explained it clearly.

ADV.

often, then, widely

Students often struggle with algebra when they first encounter it in middle school.

Definitions

noun

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.

Abstract algebra: A broad field of study in modern mathematics (often mentioned alongside analysis) loosely characterized by its concern for abstraction and symmetry, dealing with the behavior, classification, and application of a large cla

Any of several objects of study in Algebra

A collection of subsets of a given set, such that this collection contains the empty set, and the collection is closed under unions and complements (and thereby also under intersections and differences).

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Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not only vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.

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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.

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Fly ! Fly ! avaunt with that base cowardly gibbrish ; That Algebra of honour ; which had never Been nam'd, if all had equal courage—what?

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Many pupils are poor at algebra.

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Algebra is a branch of mathematics.

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Algebra is my favorite subject.

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