mathematics

Meaning

1. (uncountable) An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them.
2. (uncountable) A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.

Synonyms

arithmetic

math

maths

accounts

calculation

differential

geometry

mathematical

exact science

numbers

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exact sciences

math

maths

algebra

arithmetical

characteristic

computation

Translations

Mathematik

matematica

matemáticas

mathématiques

wiskunde

matemática

μαθηματικά

matemàtiques

mathematica

matematik

matemática

matematîk

matemàtica

رياضيات

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mæθ(ə)ˈmætɪks/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mathematique

In summary

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”). Displaced native Old English rīmcræft.

Sentences

The paradox was also a motivation of the development of predicative mathematics .

Kravchuk held a mathematics chair at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute .