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al·ge·bra

algebra

 
pronunciation:
ael j br
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part of speech: noun
definition: a form of mathematics used to solve problems in which some of the numbers are not known. In an algebra problem, letters stand for the unknown numbers.
In algebra, we often use the letters "x" and "y" as symbols for numbers.
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