arithmetic operation

collocation in English

meaningsofarithmeticandoperation

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arithmetic
noun[U]
uk
/əˈrɪθ.mə.tɪk/us
/əˈrɪθ.mə.tɪk/
the part of mathematics that involves the adding and multiplying, etc. ...
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operation
noun
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/ˌɒp.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
the fact of operating or ...
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It is common (and well justified by practical applications) to consider that onearithmeticoperationin such a case takes constant time.
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For example, the function '-'/2 is used for coding pairs as well as for coding thearithmeticoperationover numbers.
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Or, what if patients are required to change the order of anarithmeticoperationdepending on the relationship between the final digit and the preceding one?
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By simplearithmeticoperationthe characters can be parsed.
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Division is anarithmeticoperationremotely related to addition.
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The arithmetic distance between two words is a measure of the number of errors made while computing anarithmeticoperation.
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However, the result of anarithmeticoperationon intervals is always an interval.
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Due to the great difference in emission intensity, this single molecule is capable of carrying out anarithmeticoperation; subtraction at a nanoscale level.
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This method rounds the ideal (infinitely precise) result of anarithmeticoperationto the nearest representable value, and gives that representation as the result.
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In the most-reduced counter machine model, per eacharithmeticoperationonly one object/mark is either added to or removed from its location/tape.
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It accepted two-letter codes that specified anarithmeticoperation, the input registers to serve as operands, and the destination register.
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For a notion in elementary mathematics, seearithmeticoperation.
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Along with a carry flag, a sign flag and an overflow flag, the zero flag is used to check the result of anarithmeticoperation, including bitwise logical instructions.
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Most computers have a conditional branch instruction that tests the sign of a value in a register, or the sign of the result of the most recentarithmeticoperation.
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Finally, very late in the derivation, during step 5, we apply transformations that eliminate, where possible, type checking for arithmetic operations.
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The impedance calculation process is similar to arithmetic operations.
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There is a special constructor $, which acts as a prefix of a number that is maintained during arithmetic operations (useful for financial calculations).
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