arithmetizations
|ar-ith-me-ti-za-tions|
/əˌrɪθmətaɪˈzeɪʃənz/
(arithmetization)
make into numbers / express numerically
Etymology
'arithmetization' originates from English formed from 'arithmetic' + the verb-forming suffix '-ize' and the noun-forming suffix '-ation'; 'arithmetic' itself derives ultimately from Greek 'arithmos' meaning 'number'.
'arithmetization' developed in modern English by adding '-ize' and '-ation' to 'arithmetic' (from Middle English/French/Latin from Greek 'arithmos'), producing a term meaning 'to make arithmetical' and then the noun for that process.
Initially related to 'arithmetic' (things pertaining to numbers), it evolved into a technical noun denoting the act or process of making something arithmetical or expressing it in numerical terms.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
the process or result of expressing something in arithmetic or numerical terms; rendering concepts or objects into a form based on numbers or arithmetical operations.
Recent arithmetizations of probabilistic models made them easier to implement on computers.
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Noun 2
(Historical/technical) The 19th-century movement in mathematics to place analysis and calculus on a firm arithmetical (or algebraic/arithmetical) foundation — e.g., replacing intuitive geometric reasoning with arithmetic-based rigor.
The arithmetizations of analysis in the 19th century clarified the foundations of calculus.
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