mathematics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

Pronunciation

/mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/ [mæθ(.ə)ˈmæɾ.ɪks] en-us-mathematics.ogg /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.əks/ [mæθ(.ə)ˈmæɾ.əks] /mɛθ(.ə)ˈmɛt.əks/ [mɛθ(.ə)ˈmɛɾ.əks]

Word forms

mathematics mathematicks

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”). Displaced native Old English rīmcræft.

Synonyms

Related words

mathematical mathematically mathematician mathematicist polymath set relation function operation mapping definition axiom theorem lemma proposition conjecture proof number point shape polygon triangle angle vector vector space metric graph node edge probability distribution integral derivation state define prove reduce count add subtract multiply divide exponentiate :Category:Mathematics T:arithmetic operations

Derived words

applied mathematics astromathematics biomathematics discrete mathematics ethnomathematics fuzzy mathematics geomathematics iatromathematics math mathematese mathlete maths metamathematics physicomathematics pseudomathematics pure mathematics recreational mathematics reform mathematics reverse mathematics

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