WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -It is well known that our word “algebra” derives ultimately from the Arabic al-jabr, which is part of the name al-jabr wa’l-muqābala given to the art of algebra in medieval times.

Detailed explanation-2: -The word jabr (root jubara) has a number of meanings in ordinary Arabic, two of which are relevant here. The first is “to reduce a fracture”3, while the second, which is more general, is “to force, to compel”4. The traditional interpretation has connected jabr with the fist meanings for two main reasons.

Detailed explanation-3: -"Perhaps one of the most significant advances made by Arabic mathematics began at this time with the work of al-Khwarizmi, namely the beginnings of algebra.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Algebra a term is either a single number or variable, or numbers and variables multiplied together. Terms are separated by + or − signs, or sometimes by divide. See: Variable. Algebra-Definitions.