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
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
Now for the interpolation of the rest, I considered that the denominators 1, 3, 5, &c., were in arithmetical progression; and that therefore only the numerical coefficients of the numerators were to be investigated.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
They increased in unpleasantness in arithmetical progression, until they culminated finally in a terrific encounter with the justly outraged Norris.
From A Prefect's Uncle by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
