Mathematics. As a mass noun: (originally) the branch of mathematics in which letters are used to represent numbers in formulae and equations; (in…

Originally: algebra; spec. a particular procedure for simplifying an equation. In later use chiefly: algebra as understood in the premodern…

In Rule of Coss, an early name for Algebra.

Mathematics. The algebraic branches of mathematics; algebra; calculus. Cf. analysis, n. 5. Now chiefly historical.

a mathematical system of general applicability; spec. algebra; cf. universal arithmetic n.

Pertaining to the use of graphic symbols. figurative arithmetic n. algebra. Also, Of the nature of a symbolic diagram. Obsolete.

algebra; cf. universal mathematics n.

Mathematics. The equation r + αx + βy = γ as used in connection with conic sections. Obsolete.