algebraic

algebraic
adjective Date: 1662 1. relating to, involving, or according to the laws of algebra 2. involving only a finite number of repetitions of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, extraction of roots, and raising to powers <
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compare transcendentalalgebraically adverb

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