mathematics
//mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks//
formalDefinitions
1.An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them.
- Next to Mathematics, the study of natural philosophy tends to have anti-aphrodisiac effects.
- The answer is 'yes', and the mathematics needed is the theory of probability and its applied cousin, statistics.
2.A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.
- My mathematics is always improving.
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Rare· #4160
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
1580s; From mathematic (noun) + -ics, from Middle English mathematique, methametik, matematik, matamatik, from Old French mathematique, from Latin mathēmatica (“mathematics”), from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “on the matter of that which is learned”), from μάθημα (máthēma, “knowledge, study, learning”).