mathemaku
/ˌmæθəˈmækuː/
mathemaku noun: a genre of pseudohaiku which combines a very short poetic structure with elegant mathematical expression; also, an example of this genre.
Noun
mathemaku (countable and uncountable, plural mathemaku)
- A genre of pseudohaiku which combines a very short poetic structure with elegant mathematical expression; also, an example of this genre.
- 1988, Bob Grumman, Mathemaku II, main title
- 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.1996, Joyce Nakamura, Contemporary Authors: Autobiographical Series, XXV, page 175
Forms of mathemaku
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Origin of mathemaku
Coined by Bob Grumman, who invented the genre, and first attested in 1988; formed as a blend of either mathema(tics) or mathema(tical) with (hai)ku.
Questions about mathemaku
- What does mathemaku mean?
- Mathemaku means a genre of pseudohaiku which combines a very short poetic structure with elegant mathematical expression; also, an example of this genre.
- What part of speech is mathemaku?
- Mathemaku is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mathemaku?
- Mathemaku is pronounced /ˌmæθəˈmækuː/.
- What is the plural of mathemaku?
- The plural of mathemaku is mathemaku.
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