mathematician
UK/ˌmæθ.(ə.)məˈtɪʃ.ən/
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New Zealand/ˌmɛθ.(ə.)məˈtəʃ.ən/
mathematician noun: an expert on mathematics; someone who studies mathematics.
Noun
mathematician (plural mathematicians)
- An expert on mathematics; someone who studies mathematics.
- I suspect that in their hearts most working mathematicians are Platonists, in that they take it as a matter of unassailable if unprovable fact that mathematical reality stands apart from the world, and is at least as real as the world, and possibly gives shape to the world, as Plato suggested. Most...1992 March 2, Richard Preston, “The Mountains of Pi”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2020
- The true work of the mathematician is not experienced until the later parts of graduate school, when the student is challenged to create knowledge in the form of a novel proof.2015 July 24, Gareth Cook, “The Singular Mind of Terry Tao”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2020
- Synonyms:
- mathematicist
mathematician meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
mathematician in Hindi
- expert in mathematics
- गणितज्ञ gaṇitajña
mathematician in Tamil
- கணிதயியலாளர், கணிதர், கணிஞர், கணியாளர், கணிதம், கணக்கு
mathematician in Marathi
- गणितशास्त्रज्ञ
mathematician in Urdu
- ریاضی دان
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- mathematician in Bengali
- অঙ্কবিদ ôṅkôbid, অঙ্কবেত্তা ôṅkôbetta, অঙ্কশাস্ত্রবিদ ôṅkôśaśtrôbid, অঙ্কশাস্ত্রবেত্তা ôṅkôśaśtrôbetta
- mathematician in Telugu
- గణిత శాస్త్రవేత్త, గణిత శాస్త్రజ్ఞుడు
- mathematician in Malayalam
- ഗണിതശാസ്ത്രജ്ഞൻ, ഗണിത ശാസ്ത്രജ്ഞൻ
- mathematician in Kannada
- ಗಣಿತಜ್ಞ, ಗಣಿತಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಜ್ಞ, ಎಣಿಕೆಯರಿಗ
- mathematician in Punjabi
- ਗਣਿਤ ਸ਼ਾਸਤਰੀ, ਗਣਿਤ-ਸ਼ਾਸਤਰੀ
- mathematician in Gujarati
- ગણિતજ્ઞ gaṇitajñ
- mathematician in Odia
- ଓଝା ojhā
- mathematician in Assamese
- গণিতজ্ঞ gonitoiggo
- mathematician in Nepali
- गणितशास्त्री, गणितविद्
- mathematician in Tagalog
- sipnayanon, maninipnay
- mathematician in Arabic
- رِيَاضِيّ riyāḍiyy, رائض
- mathematician in Indonesian
- matematikawan
- mathematician in Persian
- ریاضیدان riyâzi-dân
- mathematician in Thai
- นักคณิตศาสตร์ nák-ká-nít-dtà-sàat
- mathematician in Vietnamese
- nhà toán học
- mathematician in Myanmar
- သင်္ချာပညာရှင် sanghkyapa.nyahrang
Examples of mathematician in a sentence
- The Italian mathematician Leonardo Bonacci, who was called Fibonacci, introduced the Hindu–Arabic numeral system to Europe.
- He was an intelligent mathematician, and very few mistakes got past him in his works.
- The lecture was attended by many distinguished mathematicians.
Synonyms of mathematician
Forms of mathematician
| plural | mathematicians |
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| alternative form (obsolete) | mathematitian |
Origin of mathematician
From Middle English mathematicion, from Middle French mathematicien, from mathematique f sg (“mathematics”) (from Latin mathēmatica, feminine of mathēmaticus, from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “fond of learning”), from μάθημα (máthēma, “knowledge, learning”) + -ικός (-ikós)) + Middle French -ien (from Latin -iānus). Displaced native Old English rīmcræftiga. By surface analysis, mathematic + -ian.
Words formed from mathematician
Words that rhyme with mathematician
- partition
- position
- proposition
- transition
- mission
- condition
- commission
- transmission
- addition
- admission
- attrition
- expedition
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- remission
- rendition
- exhibition
- submission
- ignition
- inhibition
- inquisition
- intromission
- magician
- omission
- suspicion
- tradition
- dentition
- edition
- patrician
- politician
- tuition
- acquisition
- circumposition
- decommission
- fission
- nutrition
- perdition
- permission
- phonetician
- prohibition
- superposition
- volition
- academician
- aesthetician
- Apician
- clinician
- coalition
- disquisition
- emission
- fruition
- Galician
- on a mission
- optician
- postposition
- premonition
- recommission
- retransition
- sedition
- superstition
- titian
- abligurition
- admonition
Questions about mathematician
- What does mathematician mean?
- Mathematician means an expert on mathematics; someone who studies mathematics.
- What is mathematician in Hindi?
- Mathematician in Hindi is गणितज्ञ (gaṇitajña). See Mathematician meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mathematician?
- Mathematician is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mathematician?
- Mathematician is pronounced /ˌmæθ.(ə.)məˈtɪʃ.ən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mathematician?
- The plural of mathematician is mathematicians.
Words near mathematician in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mathematician (page history and authors); mathematician (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mathematician (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mathematician (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অঙ্কবিদ (Bengali) (page history and authors); mathematician (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mathematician (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mathematician (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mathematician (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ગણિતજ્ઞ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଓଝା (Odia) (page history and authors); গণিতজ্ঞ (Assamese) (page history and authors); mathematician (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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