Chapter Ale-knight to Alienate of A by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

1. (Math.) That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude.

2. A treatise on this science.

Algebraic
(Al`ge*bra"ic Al`ge*bra"ic*al) a. Of or pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of algebra, or deduced from such operation; as, algebraic characters; algebraical writings.

Algebraic curve, a curve such that the equation which expresses the relation between the coördinates of its points involves only the ordinary operations of algebra; — opposed to a transcendental curve.

Algebraically
(Al`ge*bra"ic*al*ly), adv. By algebraic process.

Algebraist
(Al"ge*bra`ist) n. One versed in algebra.

Algebraize
(Al"ge*bra*ize) v. t. To perform by algebra; to reduce to algebraic form.

Algerian
(Al*ge"ri*an) a. Of or pertaining to Algeria. — n. A native of Algeria.

Algerine
(Al`ge*rine") a. Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.

Algerine
(Al`ge*rine"), n. A native or one of the people of Algiers or Algeria. Also, a pirate.

Algid
(Al"gid) a. [L. algidus cold, fr. algere to be cold: cf. F. algide.] Cold; chilly. Bailey.

Algid cholera (Med.), Asiatic cholera.

Algidity
(Al*gid"i*ty) n. Chilliness; coldness; especially (Med.), coldness and collapse.

Algidness
(Al"gid*ness) n. Algidity. [Obs.]

Algific
(Al*gif"ic) a. [L. algificus, fr. algus cold + facere to make.] Producing cold.

Algoid
(Al"goid) a. [L. alga + - oid.] Of the nature of, or resembling, an alga.

Algol
(Al"gol) n. [Ar. al-ghul destruction, calamity, fr. ghala to take suddenly, destroy.] (Astron.) A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.

Algological
(Al`go*log"ic*al) a. Of or pertaining to algology; as, algological specimens.

Algologist
(Al*gol"o*gist) n. One learned about algæ; a student of algology.

Algology
(Al*gol"o*gy) n. [L. alga seaweed + -logy.] (Bot.) The study or science of algæ or seaweeds.

Algonquin
(Al*gon"quin Al*gon"kin) n. One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.

Algor
(||Al"gor) n. [L.] (Med.) Cold; chilliness.

Algorism
(Al"go*rism Al"go*rithm) n. [OE. algorism, algrim, augrim, OF. algorisme, F. algorithme (cf. Sp. algoritmo, OSp. alguarismo, LL. algorismus), fr. the Ar. al- Khowarezmi of Khowarezm, the modern Khiwa, surname of Abu Ja'far Mohammed ben Musa, author of a work on arithmetic early in the 9th century, which was translated into Latin, such books bearing the name algorismus. The spelling with th is due to a supposed connection with Gr. number.]

1. The art of calculating by nine figures and zero.