noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/
[ˈæɫɡəɹɪðm̩]
British, Southern, Standard:/ˈalɡəɹɪð(ə)m/
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CMU ARPABET:AE1 L G ER0 IH2 DH AH0 M
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning 2
A flowchart illustrating a decision-making process for human users, especially health care professionals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Calculation with Arabic numerals; algorism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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Meaning 4
recommender systems and the curation of feeds
software that makes content display determinations on a platform, in totality of effect upon all end users (within a potential audience).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, metonymically, uncountable
Qualifier: social media; usually preceded by definite article "the"; usually preceded by definite article "the"
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Meaning 5
recommender systems and the curation of feeds
the influenced zeitgeist: e.g. what content ends up trending or viral, what persons become a main character or cancelled
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Etymology tree Arabic ال (al-) Old Persian *𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼- (*u-v-a-r-) Old Persian *𐏀𐎷𐎡- (*z-mi-i-) Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-y)der. Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š) Classical Persian خْوَارَزْم (xwārazm)bor. Arabic خَوَارِزْم (ḵawārizm) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic خَوَارِزْمِيّ (ḵawārizmiyy) Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy)bor. Medieval Latin algorismusbor. Anglo-Norman algorismebor. Middle English algorisme English algorism ▲ English arithmo-influ. English algorithm From Middle English algorisme, augrym, from Anglo-Norman algorisme, augrim, from Medieval Latin algorismus, from Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy), the nisba of Persian mathematician Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī and a toponymic name meaning "the Chorasmian". The spelling change (-s- > -th-) was influenced by unrelated Ancient Greek ἀριθμός (arithmós) (whence English arithmo-).
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