higher arithmetic

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|mathematics|chiefly|dated}} [[number theory|Number theory]]; the branch of [[pure mathematics]] concerned primarily with [[integer]]s and integer-valued functions.
2. {{lb|en|education|obsolete}} A loosely defined range of topics in [[arithmetic]], distinguished from [[elementary]] arithmetic by the more advanced nature of the methods and concepts.

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.