algebra

/หˆรฆl.dส’ษ™.bษนษ™/

IPA: /AE1 L JH AH0 B R AH0/

noun
  1. 1

    A system for computation using letters or other symbols to represent numbers, with rules for manipulating these symbols.

  2. 2

    The surgical treatment of a dislocated or fractured bone. Also : a dislocation or fracture.

  3. 3

    The study of algebraic structures.

  4. 4

    A universal algebra.

  5. 5

    An algebraic structure consisting of a module over a commutative ring (or a vector space over a field) along with an additional binary operation that is bilinear over module (or vector) addition and scalar multiplication.

  6. 6

    A collection of subsets of a given set, such that this collection contains the empty set, and the collection is closed under unions and complements (and thereby also under intersections and differences).

  7. 7

    One of several other types of mathematical structure.

  8. 8

    A system or process, that is like algebra by substituting one thing for another, or in using signs, symbols, etc., to represent concepts or ideas.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/algebra