Phrase guide

arithmetic progression

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A sequence in which each term except the first is obtained from the previous by adding a constant value, known as the common difference of the arithmetic progression.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematical-analysis, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arithmetic sequence

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: progression, patterned advance

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Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُتَتَالِيَةٌ حِسَابِيَّة (mutatāliyatun ḥisābiyya) — sequence
  • Armenian: թվաբանական պրոգրեսիա (tʻvabanakan progresia) — sequence
  • Asturian: progresión aritmética — sequence
  • Azerbaijani: ədədi silsilə — sequence
  • Catalan: progressió aritmètica — sequence
  • Chinese Mandarin: 算術級數 /算术级数 (suànshù jíshù) — sequence
  • Chinese Mandarin: 等差數列 /等差数列 (děngchā shùliè) — sequence
  • Czech: aritmetická posloupnost — sequence
  • Danish: differensrække — sequence
  • Dutch: rekenkundige rij — sequence
  • Finnish: aritmeettinen lukujono — sequence
  • French: suite arithmétique — sequence
  • Galician: progresión aritmética — sequence
  • German: arithmetische Reihe — sequence
  • German: arithmetische Progression — sequence
  • Greek: αριθμητική πρόοδος (arithmitikí próodos) — sequence
  • Hungarian: számtani sorozat — sequence
  • Indonesian: barisan aritmetika — sequence
  • Indonesian: barisan hitung — sequence
  • Irish: seicheamh uimhríochtúil — sequence
  • Irish: seicheamh comhbhreise — sequence
  • Italian: progressione aritmetica — sequence
  • Japanese: 等差数列 (tōsa sūretsu) — sequence
  • Japanese: 算術数列 (sanjutsu sūretsu) — sequence
  • Latvian: aritmētiskā progresija — sequence
  • Persian: تصاعد حسابی — sequence
  • Polish: ciąg arytmetyczny — sequence
  • Polish: postęp arytmetyczny — sequence
  • Portuguese: progressão aritmética — sequence
  • Romanian: progresie aritmetică — sequence
  • Romanian: serie aritmetică — sequence
  • Russian: арифмети́ческая прогре́ссия (arifmetíčeskaja progréssija) — sequence
  • Serbo-Croatian: aritmetički niz — sequence
  • Serbo-Croatian: aritmetička progresija — sequence
  • Spanish: progresión aritmética — sequence
  • Swedish: aritmetisk talföljd — sequence
  • Tagalog: bilnuring panisulong — sequence
  • Ukrainian: арифметична прогресія (aryfmetyčna prohresija) — sequence
  • Ukrainian: аритметична прогресія (arytmetyčna prohresija) — sequence