álgebra
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr), through Latin algebra.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
álgebra f (plural álgebras)
- algebra
- (mathematics) study of formal manipulations of equations, with the aim of solving certain problems (or the equations themselves)
- (mathematics) set of unary and binary operations related to each other by certain properties
- compendium of this discipline
- (obsolete) art of restoring dislocated bones
Derived terms
References
- ^ “álgebra”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic الجبر (al-jabr, “reunion, resetting of broken parts”), used in the title of al-Khwarizmi’s influential work عِلْم اَلْجَبْر وَالْمُقَابَلَة (ʕilm al-jabr wālmuqābala, “the science of restoration and equating like with like”).
Pronunciation
Noun
álgebra f (plural álgebras)
Usage notes
- Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.
- el álgebra, un álgebra
- They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “álgebra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16