al‧ge‧bra /ˈældʒəbrə, ˈældʒɪbrə/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: Arabic al-jabr 'the reduction']
a type of mathematics that uses letters and other signs to represent numbers and values
—algebraic /ˌældʒəˈbreɪ-ɪk◂, ˌældʒɪˈbreɪ-ɪk◂/ adjective
—algebraically /-kli/ adverb

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