arithmetic progression

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   (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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Questions about arithmetic progression

What does arithmetic progression mean?

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

Is arithmetic progression a common word?

arithmetic progression is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.