progression : Idioms & Phrases

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arithmetic progression

  • noun (mathematics) a progression in which a constant is added to each term in order to obtain the next term
    • 1-4-7-10-13- is the start of an arithmetic progression
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Arithmetical progression

  • . See Progression.
  • a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal differences, as the numbers {2, 4, 6, 8, 1010, 8, 6, 4, 2} by the difference 2.
Webster 1913

geometric progression

  • noun (mathematics) a progression in which each term is multiplied by a constant in order to obtain the next term
    • 1-4-16-64-256- is the start of a geometric progression
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Geometrical progression

  • a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal ratios, as the numbers {2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 6464, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2} by a continual multiplication or division by 2.
Webster 1913

Geometrical progression, proportion, ratio

  • . See under Progression, Proportion and Ratio.
Webster 1913

Harmonic progression

  • noun (mathematics) a progression of terms whose reciprocals form an arithmetic progression
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  • a progression in which the terms are the reciprocals of quantities in arithmetical progression, as ½, ¼, ⅙, ⅛, &frac110;.
Webster 1913

Harmonic series ∨ progression

  • . See under Progression.
Webster 1913

Ratio of a geometrical progression

  • the constant quantity by which each term is multiplied to produce the succeeding one.
Webster 1913