division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots,
reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation,
interpolation, differentiation, integration. [Instruments] abacus,
logometer[obs3], slide rule, slipstick[coll.], tallies, Napier's bones,
calculating machine, difference engine, suan- pan[obs3]; adding
machine; cash register; electronic calculator, calculator, computer;
[people who calculate] arithmetician, calculator, abacist[obs3],
algebraist, mathematician; statistician, geometer; programmer;
accountant, auditor. V. number, count, tally, tell; call over, run
over; take an account of, enumerate, muster, poll, recite,
recapitulate; sum; sum up, cast up; tell off, score, cipher, compute,
calculate, suppute[obs3], add, subtract, multiply, divide, extract
roots; algebraize[obs3]. check, prove, demonstrate, balance, audit,
overhaul, take stock; affix numbers to, page. amount to, add up to,
come to. Adj. numeral, numerical; arithmetical, analytic, algebraic,
statistical, numerable, computable, calculable; commensurable,
commensurate; incommensurable, incommensurate, innumerable,
unfathomable, infinite. Adv. quantitatively; arithmetically;
measurably; in numbers.
#86. List.—N. list, catalog, catalogue, inventory; register &c.
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(record) 551.
account; bill, bill of costs; terrier; tally, listing,
itemization;
atlas; book, ledger; catalogue raisonne[Fr]; tableau; invoice, bill of
lading; prospectus; bill of fare, menu, carte[Fr]; score, census,
statistics, returns.
[list of topics in a document] contents, table of contents,
outline;
synopsis.
[list of topics in a protracted activity (frame)] program,
programme[Brit]; syllabus; agenda, schedule, calendar, docket.
[computer-generated list] listing, printout, output.
[written list used as an aid to memory] checklist.
table, chart, database; index, inverted file, word list,
concordance.
dictionary, lexicon; vocabulary, glossary; thesaurus.
file, card index, card file, rolodex, address book.
Red book, Blue book, Domesday book; cadastre[Fr]; directory,
gazetter[obs3]. almanac; army list, clergy list, civil service list,
navy
list; Almanach de Gotha[obs3], cadaster; Lloyd's register, nautical
almanac;
who's who; Guiness's Book of World Records.
roll; check roll, checker roll, bead roll; muster roll, muster
book;
roster, panel, jury list; cartulary, diptych.
V. list, itemize; sort, collate; enumerate, tabulate, catalog,
tally.
Adj. cadastral[obs3].