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mathematicize

mathematicize verb: to render mathematical.

Verb

mathematicize (third-person singular simple present mathematicizes, present participle mathematicizing, simple past and past participle mathematicized)

  1. (transitive) To render mathematical.
    • But that’s Dyson: as resistant to categorization as the universe his colleagues are trying to mathematicize. “2007 January 7, George Johnson, “Dancing With the Stars”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    mathematize

Synonyms of mathematicize

Forms of mathematicize

third-person singular presentmathematicizes
present participlemathematicizing
past participlemathematicized
pastmathematicized

Origin of mathematicize

From mathematic + -ize.

Questions about mathematicize

What does mathematicize mean?
Mathematicize means to render mathematical.
What part of speech is mathematicize?
Mathematicize is a verb.
What is the past tense of mathematicize?
The past tense of mathematicize is mathematicized.

Words near mathematicize in the dictionary

  1. mathematicistic
  2. mathematicists
  3. mathematicity
  4. mathematicization
  5. mathematicizations
  6. mathematicize
  7. mathematicized
  8. mathematicizes
  9. mathematicizing
  10. mathematick
  11. mathematicks

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