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Definition of: arithmetic progression
(ar′ith·met′ik)
A sequence of terms such that each except the first differs from the preceding one by a constant quantity, either plus or minus, as 2, 4, 6, 8. See GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION. Also arithmetical progression, arithmetic series, arithmetic sequence.
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