ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arithmetic progression mean? 

• ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION (noun)
  The noun ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION has 1 sense:

1. (mathematics) a progression in which a constant is added to each term in order to obtain the next term

  Familiarity information: ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(mathematics) a progression in which a constant is added to each term in order to obtain the next term

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

1-4-7-10-13- is the start of an arithmetic progression

Hypernyms ("arithmetic progression" is a kind of...):

patterned advance; progression (a series with a definite pattern of advance)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)