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mathematicks

mathematicks is the obsolete spelling of mathematics.

Meaning of mathematics

Noun

mathematics (uncountable)

  1. An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them.
    • Next to Mathematics, the study of natural philosophy tends to have anti-aphrodisiac effects.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 163
  2. A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.
    • My mathematics is always improving.
    Synonyms:
    numeracy

Questions about mathematicks

What is mathematicks the obsolete spelling of?
Mathematicks is the obsolete spelling of mathematics.

Words near mathematicks in the dictionary

  1. mathematicize
  2. mathematicized
  3. mathematicizes
  4. mathematicizing
  5. mathematick
  6. mathematicks
  7. mathematico-
  8. mathematics
  9. Mathematics A
  10. Mathematics B
  11. Mathematics C

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