Meanings
plural arithmetic operations
- arithmeticAny one of the four basic operations in arithmetic: addition, subtraction, multiplication or division; any one of said operations as implemented on a computer.
Although Equation 2.45 looks simple, it involves more arithmetic operations as compared to Equations 2.36 and 2.38.
2000, Chang Shu, Differential Quadrature and Its Application in Engineering, Springer, page 382 more examples
A key feature of the IEEE standard is that it requires correctly rounded operations, specifically: • correctly rounded arithmetic operations (add, subtract, multiply, divide); • correctly rounded remainder and square root operations; • correctly rounded format conversions.
2001, Michael L. Overton, Numerical Computing with IEEE Floating Point Arithmetic, SIAM, page 31PHP enables you to do arithmetic operations on numbers. You indicate arithmetic operations with two numbers and an arithmetic operator. For instance, one operator is the plus (+) sign, so you can indicate an arithmetic operation like this: 1 + 2
2013, Steve Suehring, Janet Valade, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript & HTML5 All-in-One For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, page 289
Translations
Bulgarian аритметична операция
- аритметична операция (aritmetična operacija)any one of the four basic operations in arithmetic
Esperanto aritmetika operacio
- aritmetika operacioany one of the four basic operations in arithmetic
Finnish peruslaskutoimitus
- peruslaskutoimitusany one of the four basic operations in arithmetic
French opération arithmétique
- opération arithmétiqueany one of the four basic operations in arithmetic
Greek αριθμητική πράξη
- αριθμητική πράξη (arithmitikí práxi)any one of the four basic operations in arithmetic
Hungarian számtani művelet
- számtani műveletany one of the four basic operations in arithmetic
Italian operazione aritmetica
- operazione aritmeticaany one of the four basic operations in arithmetic
Japanese 算術演算
- 算術演算 (sanjutsu enzan)any one of the four basic operations in arithmetic
Polish działanie matematyczne
- działanie matematyczneany one of the four basic operations in arithmetic
Romanian operație aritmetică
- operație aritmeticăany one of the four basic operations in arithmetic
Vietnamese phép toán số học
- phép toán số họcany one of the four basic operations in arithmetic
Cite this entry
arithmetic operation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arithmetic%20operation
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