algorithm
noun
1 algorithm
A precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem.
synonyms: algorithmic program, algorithmic rule.
Roget 85:
numeration;
numbering
etc.
v.;
pagination;
tale,
recension†,
enumeration,
summation,
reckoning,
computation,
supputation†;
calculation,
calculus;
algorithm,
algorism†,
rhabdology†,
dactylonomy†;
measurement
etc.
466;
statistics.
arithmetic,
analysis,
algebra,
geometry,
analytical geometry,
fluxions†;
differential calculus,
integral calculus,
infinitesimal calculus;
calculus of differences.
[Statistics]
dead reckoning,
muster,
poll,
census,
capitation,
roll call,
recapitulation;
account
etc.
(list)
86.
[Operations]
notation, ,
addition,
subtraction,
multiplication,
division,
rule of three,
practice,
equations,
extraction of roots,
reduction,
involution,
evolution,
estimation,
approximation,
interpolation,
differentiation,
integration.
[Instruments]
abacus,
logometer†,
slide rule,
slipstick [Coll.],
tallies,
Napier's bones,
calculating machine,
difference engine,
suan-pan†;
adding machine;
cash register;
electronic calculator,
calculator,
computer;
[people who calculate]
arithmetician,
calculator,
abacist†,
algebraist,
mathematician;
statistician,
geometer;
programmer;
accountant,
auditor.
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Dutch: algoritme
Polish: algorytm
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