Algebra: alternatives and connections

the branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transf…

That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by…

The science of numbers; the art of computation by figures.

One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the n…

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages conn…

That branch of natural philosophy which treats of the properties of sound as affected by passing through different mediums; -- called…

The phenomena of electricity in motion.

That branch of physical science which treats of the phenomena of electricity and its properties.

Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied…

Electricity excited by the mutual action of certain liquids and metals; dynamical electricity.

The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.

That which generates; the point, or the mathematical magnitude, which, by its motion, generates another magnitude, as a line, surface,…

That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portion…

That branch of mathematics which investigates the relations, properties, and measurement of solids, surfaces, lines, and angles; the s…

A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the pictu…

Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure.

The science which treats of the chemical properties, actions or relations of substances in quantity; -- distinguished from micro-chemi…