Mathemaku
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌmæθəˈmækuː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mathemaku is a noun meaning (rare) A genre of pseudohaiku which combines a very short poetic structure with elegant mathematical expression; also, an example of this genre.
Meaning
(rare) A genre of pseudohaiku which combines a very short poetic structure with elegant mathematical expression; also, an example of this genre.
Example Sentences
Mathemaku for Beethoven
1988, Bob Grumman, Mathemaku II, main title
Poet/critic Bob Grumman…[is] best known as a poet for his hybrid of haiku and mathematics, the “mathemaku.”
Each mathemaku’s math was central to it, not just an ad hoc ingredient in a some section of it. [¶] I was quite pleased with what I’d accomplished, but for some reason was only able to add a single unfinished mathemaku to my mathe-poetic oeuvre over the next twenty years or so.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mathematese, mathesis, mathematicks, pseudomathematics, mathematicality, mathmagician.
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