mathematic
mathematic adjective: mathematical.
Adjective
mathematic (comparative more mathematic, superlative most mathematic)
- Mathematical.
- Round rolls the stroke with mathematic care,
All centre-bound, exactly circular:
No sportive way it takes, at large and free,
No gambol plays of freakful liberty […]c. 1798, Joseph Fawcett, On Viſiting the Gardens at Verſailles - This is the sort of struggle which proves a man's metal, and declares it sterling or counterfeit. No spuriosity, no charlatanry can stand this fiery alembic of hard-wrought and exquisite calculation, in which one mathematic point or unit misplaced destroys the whole chain of reasoning, and proves...1874 June 1, Francis Barham, “On Swedenborg’s Theology. An Unpublished Fragment.”, in The Intellectual Repository and New Jerusalem Magazine (Enlarged Series; XXI), volume XLIX (Entire Work), number...
- Round rolls the stroke with mathematic care,
Forms of mathematic
| comparative | more mathematic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most mathematic |
| alternative form | mathematick |
Origin of mathematic
From Middle English mathematik, from Old French mathematique or directly from Latin mathēmaticus, from Ancient Greek μᾰθημᾰτῐκός (măthēmătĭkós), from μάθημα (máthēma, “learning; mathematics”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjective suffix).
Words formed from mathematic
Questions about mathematic
- What does mathematic mean?
- Mathematic means mathematical.
- What part of speech is mathematic?
- Mathematic is an adjective.
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