Mathematics
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mathematics is a noun meaning An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them.
Meaning
An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them.
More Meanings
- A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.
Example Sentences
My mathematics is always improving.
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.
Looking at the Leibniz series, you feel the independence of mathematics from human culture. Surely, on any world that knows pi the Leibniz series will also be known... Nilakantha, an astronomer, grammarian, and mathematician who lived on the Kerala coast of India, described the formula in Sanskrit poetry around the year 1500.
Word Forms
- mathematicks
Synonyms for mathematics
Depending on context, synonyms include numeracy, maths, math.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include math, maths, mathematical, mathematically, calculation, calculations.
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