Arithmetically
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Arithmetically is an adverb meaning In terms of arithmetic.
Meaning
In terms of arithmetic.
More Meanings
- (of the nature of increases or decreases) In a way characterized by addition (of increments) rather than multiplication (by factors) or exponentiation (by exponents): by an arithmetic progression.
Example Sentences
The two terms are arithmetically equivalent, but they are not equally intuitive regarding what phenomenon they represent in the real world.
Over the past decade the business has grown arithmetically, which shows that it is serving a demand successfully; but because it has not grown exponentially, its growth is viewed by some investors as "not good enough."
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include arithmatically, unarithmetically, numerically, logarithmetically, geometrically, logarithmically.
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