WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
divi′sion al′gorithm, [Math.]
- Mathematicsthe theorem that an integer can be written as the sum of the product of two integers, one a given positive integer, added to a positive integer smaller than the given positive integer. Cf. Euclidean algorithm.
- Mathematicsany systematic process for calculating the quotient of two numbers.
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