algebraic expression

[ al-juh-brey-ik ik-spresh-uhn ]

noun

, Mathematics.

1. a symbol or a combination of symbols used in algebra, containing one or more numbers, variables, and arithmetic operations:

   how to solve algebraic expressions.

Word History and Origins

Origin of algebraic expression¹

First recorded in 1730–40

Example Sentences

Monomial, mon-ō′mi-al, n. an algebraic expression of one term only: a series of factors of single terms—also Mon′ome.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

The notion is like an algebraic expression which ideally represents a given quantity, but it is not the quantity itself.

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You have $10, and each day you are able to save $2,” the student must convert the word problem into an algebraic expression.

From New York Times

The notion of functionality or functional relation of two magnitudes was thus of geometrical origin; but a function soon came to be regarded as an analytical expression, not necessarily an algebraic expression, containing the variable or variables.

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The algebraic expression for this method of expansion is, according to Rankine, PV1.111 = C, a constant, or, according to other authorities, from PV1.135 = C to PV1.140 = C. The greater the value of the exponent of V, the greater the efficiency of the fluid between any two temperatures.

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