arithmetical progression
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Since 1920 Walgreen's growth has almost been an arithmetical progression.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It is quite impossible," says Darwin, "for any arithmetical progression to fight against a geometrical progression."
From Time Magazine Archive
No system which makes mere arithmetical progression a substitute for intrinsic qualities can long prove satisfactory.
From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Spofford, Ainsworth Rand
Thus the mischief imputed to the Catholic sovereigns goes on increasing in a sort of arithmetical progression, with the duration of the monarchy.
From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 by Prescott, William Hickling
If you can solve this little puzzle, then try to find three squares in arithmetical progression, with a common difference of 7 and also of 13.
From Amusements in Mathematics by Dudeney, Henry Ernest
