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Method of calculating the Great Wall of China, say?
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long division
Word definitions for long division in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the operation of division in which the sequence of steps are indicated in detail
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Long Division is the second album by the Rustic Overtones , originally released on November 17, 1995. At one hour and seven minutes, the album remains the band's longest release to date. "Simple Song", the second track from the album, received extensive ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context mathematics English) A procedure for dividing multidigit numbers, breaking down the division into a series of easier steps.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Division \Di*vi"sion\, n. [F. division, L. divisio, from dividere. See Divide .] The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation. I was overlooked in the division of the spoil. --Gibbon. That which divides ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And showing her his long division . ▪ Doing long division is a mental process and so is making a joke. ▪ Even Otto, the famous scientist, was a school-boy with a pencil, doing his long division . ▪ Using the powers of long division ...
Usage examples of long division.
I have yet to learn the entire multiplication table and grow uneasy faced with a long division.
I said doubtfully, feeling that ignorance in a grown-up state was surely to be preferred to a return to Stamford and long division.
It's a new form of mathematical theory that makes Euclid's work seem like little more than long division.
A book created by the sages of China over a period of five thousand years, winnowed, perfected, that superb cosmology - and science - codified before Europe had even learned to do long division.
A book created by the sages of China over a period of five thousand years, winnowed, perfected, that superb cosmology -- and science -- codified before Europe had even learned to do long division.
I wasn't a master at long division, but I could accessorize with the best of them.
When the sky cleared two nights later, there was no talk of turning back, though everyone was capable of counting the water jugs and doing long division.
The tilt of her chin warned of possible disciplinary action, and her attitude implied if I'd mastered long division I might have made something of myself.