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# arithmetical

adjective (arithmetical)

«arithmetical» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

About arithmetic: adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing numbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arithmetical/#m1)

### In the lessons

In maths lessons and puzzles: arithmetical skills, an arithmetical mistake, an arithmetical sequence (numbers going up by the same amount). Phrases: «arithmetical error», «arithmetical progression».

### Examples

- I made an arithmetical mistake in the sum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arithmetical/#x1)
- 2, 5, 8, 11 is an arithmetical sequence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arithmetical/#x2)
- Quick arithmetical skills help in shops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arithmetical/#x3)
- The puzzle needs only arithmetical steps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arithmetical/#x4)
- Check your arithmetical working. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arithmetical/#x5)
- An arithmetical slip cost me a mark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arithmetical/#x6)

### Note

Same as «arithmetic» used as an adjective. In an arithmetical (arithmetic) sequence, the same number is added each time — the common difference.

## In Jewish tradition

In maths lessons and puzzles: arithmetical skills, an arithmetical mistake, an arithmetical sequence (numbers going up by the same amount). Phrases: «arithmetical error», «arithmetical progression».

### Examples

- 7) Like Pythagoras, who taught that the digits inclusive number ten which are typified in Tetraktys, (Τετρακτὺς) namely: 1 plus 2 plus 3 plus 4 equal 10, and which comprise the whole arithmetical system of nature, etc. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/arithmetical/#x1)
- The Decad, which is the sum of the four former, comprehends all arithmetical and musical proportions. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/arithmetical/#x2)

### Note

Same as «arithmetic» used as an adjective. In an arithmetical (arithmetic) sequence, the same number is added each time — the common difference.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «arithmetical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arithmetical/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«arithmetical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/arithmetical.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «arithmetical» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/arithmetical/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«arithmetical» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/arithmetical.html) on Mova free.