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arithmetic
/ɚˈɪθməˌtɪk/
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uh-RITH-muh-tik: the noun gives RITH the main beat.
Use the unvoiced th of “thin” and move straight from th into m. The final TIK has a smaller beat than RITH in this noun pronunciation.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The exercise tested basic arithmetic.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does arithmetic mean?
noun
- The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
adjective
- Increasing or decreasing by an arithmetic progression.
- Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- Of a progression, mean, etc, computed solely using addition.
noun
- (dated) Number theory.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɚˈɪθməˌtɪk/
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The support of a navy and of naval wars would involve contingencies that must baffle all the efforts of political arithmetic.
“Hundred and seventeen,” chuckled another old gentleman, given to mental arithmetic and little conversation, who had hitherto sat unobserved in a corner.
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Besides, Edison, like Faraday, was never a mathematician, and has had little personal use for arithmetic beyond that which is called "mental."
With metric arithmetic substituted for ours, what it now takes two years to prepare for, could be easily done in 1 1/3 years.
In computing bank discount, his skill is based on ability to employ his previous experience with percentage and the fundamental processes of arithmetic.