Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Algebraic \Al`ge*bra"ic\, Algebraical \Al`ge*bra"ic*al\, a.
   Of or pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of
   algebra, or deduced from such operation; as, algebraic
   characters; algebraical writings.

   {Algebraic curve}, a curve such that the equation which
      expresses the relation between the co["o]rdinates of its
      points involves only the ordinary operations of algebra;
      -- opposed to a transcendental curve.