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Re:Arabic Mathematics: Forgotten Brilliance? (1999) by throwaway542134 on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @06:22PM (#20630278)
iirc the title translates to something like "the Study|Art|Practice of balancing and restoring." I recall "al jabr" means "of/relating to balancing"

This source[1] states it as

>the science of restoring what is missing and equating like with like

[1] https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/algebra

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