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algebraical, a.|ældʒɪˈbreɪɪkəl| [f. algebra + -ical.] Of or relating to algebra, in which algebra occurs; involving or using, dealing with or treating algebra. (Formerly used = algebraic, but prop. disting. as an objective from possessive genitive: an algebraic symbol, an algebraical treatise.)
1571Digges Geom. Pract. iv. Pref. T b, I intend..geometrically by Algebraycall Calculations to search out the sides. 1579― Stratiot. 32 The working of supputations Algebraicall. 1679Moxon Math. Dict. 172 Signs, or Symbols now commonly used by some Algebraical Writers. 1736Hervey Mem. I. 52 Lord Bolingbroke in the algebraical phrase less than nothing. 1837Whewell Induct. Sc. (1857) II. 348 The affectation of algebraical formality. 1868G. B. Airy Pop. Astron. v. 173 The process is algebraical. |