单词 | algorist |
释义 | algoristn. 1. A person skilled in the use of Arabic numerals in arithmetic (cf. algorism n. 1). Chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > [noun] > knowledge of > one who has mathematician?a1475 mathematical1545 mathematic1547 algebrician1579 computist1595 algebraist1614 philomathematic1621 Archimedesa1649 algorist1656 analyst1656 fluxionist1734 calculist1829 metamathematician1935 numerical analyst1956 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Algorist, one skilful in reckonings or figuring. 1847 A. De Morgan Arithm. Bks. p. xxi The Italian school of algorists, with Pacioli at their head, found followers in Germany, England, France and Spain. 1888 W. W. R. Ball Hist. Math. xii. 185 The German algorists were less fettered by precedent and tradition, and introduced some improvements in notation. 1935 Isis 23 166 The two kinds of arithmeticians are sometimes called ‘abacists’ and ‘algorists’, a designation which would be excellent if the two terms (and their derivatives) had not been used promiscuously in many instances. 2004 L. Ratzan Understanding Information Syst. ix. 106 A schism developed between abacists and algorists. 2. Mathematics and Computing. A person skilled in writing or using algorithms (algorithm n. 2). ΚΠ 1940 E. T. Bell Developm. Math. xxii. 484 Always the daring algorist, Euler occasionally trusted his formulas too far. 1964 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 108 295/2 One hopes that clever programming algorists will be able to reduce the machine time required per picture by one or more factors of ten. 1978 F. S. Roberts Graph Theory & Its Applic. to Probl. Society ii. 12 Beginning with the work of Edmonds (1965), algorists have searched for ‘good’ procedures, i.e., procedures which will terminate in no more than p(n) steps. 2002 S. Wilson Information Arts i. 317 Some algorists might assert that by mastering the programming process itself, artists gain more freedom from this baggage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1656 |
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