English word alphametic comes from English alphabet, English arithmetic
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| alphabet | English (eng) | To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically. (India, Hong Kong, Singapore) An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.. (computer science) A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.. A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in [...] |
| arithmetic | English (eng) | (arithmetic) Of a progression, mean, etc, computed solely using addition.. (mathematics) Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical. The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. |
| alphametic | English (eng) | A puzzle that presents an arithmetic problem with letters in place of the digits, the reader challenged to deduce which digit corresponds to each letter. |