algebraic

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

1. Of or pertaining to algebra; using algebra; according to the laws of algebra; containing an operation of algebra, or deduced from such operation; as, algebraic characters; algebraical writings; algebraic geometry.

2. progressing by constant multiplicatory factors; — of a series of numbers. Contrasted to arithmetical. algebraic progression Syn. — algebraic

Algebraic curve, a curve such that the equation which expresses the relation between the coördinates of its points involves only the ordinary operations of algebra; — opposed to a transcendental curve.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

<language> An early system on MIT's Whirlwind.

[CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].

(1995-01-24)

<theory> In domain theory, a complete partial order is algebraic if every element is the least upper bound of some chain of compact elements. If the set of compact elements is countable it is called omega-algebraic. [Significance?]

(1995-04-25)