algorithm
Syllabification: (al·go·rithm)
Pronunciation: /ˈalgəˌriT͟Həm/
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Definition of algorithm
noun
Derivatives
Origin:
late 17th century: variant (influenced by Greek arithmos 'number') of Middle English algorism, via Old French from medieval Latin algorismus. The Arabic source, al-Ḵwārizmī 'the man of Ḵwārizm' (now Khiva), was a name given to the 9th-century mathematician Abū Ja῾far Muhammad ibn Mūsa