adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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adjective
Meaning 2
of or relating to or having the characteristics of an algorithm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: heuristic
History
Etymology
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 Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English algorithmic From algorithm + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
ալգորիթմական
(algoritʻmakan)
— relating to an algorithm
Azerbaijani:
alqoritmik
— relating to an algorithm
Catalan:
algorítmic
— relating to an algorithm
Czech:
algoritmický
— relating to an algorithm
Danish:
algoritmisk
— relating to an algorithm
Dutch:
algoritmisch
— relating to an algorithm
Esperanto:
algoritma
— relating to an algorithm
Finnish:
algoritminen
— relating to an algorithm
Finnish:
algoritmi-
— relating to an algorithm
French:
algorithmique
— relating to an algorithm
Georgian:
ალგორითმული
(algoritmuli)
— relating to an algorithm
Icelandic:
algóritmískur
— relating to an algorithm
Icelandic:
algrímskur
— relating to an algorithm
Indonesian:
algoritmis
— relating to an algorithm
Indonesian:
algoritmik
— relating to an algorithm
Italian:
algoritmico
— relating to an algorithm
Kazakh:
алгоритмді
(algoritmdı)
— relating to an algorithm
Kazakh:
алгоритмдік
(algoritmdık)
— relating to an algorithm
Persian:
خوارزمیک
(xârazmik)
— relating to an algorithm
Persian:
الگوریتمی
(algoritmi)
— relating to an algorithm
Polish:
algorytmiczny
— relating to an algorithm
Portuguese:
algorítmico
— relating to an algorithm
Romanian:
algoritmic
— relating to an algorithm
Russian:
алгоритми́ческий
(algoritmíčeskij)
— relating to an algorithm
Spanish:
algorítmico
— relating to an algorithm
Swedish:
algoritmisk
— relating to an algorithm
Ukrainian:
алгоритмі́чний
(alhorytmíčnyj)
— relating to an algorithm