mathematics
UK/mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks//mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
mathematics noun: an abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them.
Noun
mathematics (uncountable)
- 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
- Looking at the Leibniz series, you feel the independence of mathematics from human culture. Surely, on any world that knows pi the Leibniz series will also be known... Nilakantha, an astronomer, grammarian, and mathematician who lived on the Kerala coast of India, described the formula in Sanskrit...1992 March 2, Richard Preston, “The Mountains of Pi”, in The New Yorker
- A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.
- My mathematics is always improving.
- Synonyms:
- numeracy
mathematics meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
mathematics in Hindi
- field of study
- गणित gaṇit, गणित-विधा gaṇit-vidhā
mathematics in Tamil
- field of study
- கணிதம் kaṇitam
mathematics in Marathi
- field of study
- गणित gaṇit
mathematics in Urdu
- field of study
- ریاضی riyāzī, گنت ganit
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- mathematics in Bengali
- গণিত gonito
- mathematics in Telugu
- గణితం gaṇitaṁ, లెక్కలు lekkalu
- mathematics in Malayalam
- ഗണിതം gaṇitaṁ, കണക്ക് kaṇakkŭ
- mathematics in Kannada
- ಗಣಿತ gaṇita
- mathematics in Punjabi
- ਗਣਿਤ gaṇit
- mathematics in Gujarati
- ગણિત gaṇit
- mathematics in Odia
- ଗଣିତ gaṇita
- mathematics in Sanskrit
- गणित gaṇita
- mathematics in Sinhala
- ගණිතය gaṇitaya
- mathematics in Assamese
- গণিত gonit, অংক oṅko
- mathematics in Nepali
- गणित gaṇit
- mathematics in Pashto
- شمېرپوهنه šmerpohëna
- mathematics in Tagalog
- matematika, sipnayan
- mathematics in Arabic
- رِيَاضَة riyāḍa, رِيَاضِيَّات riyāḍiyyāt, عِلْم الحِسَاب ʕilm al-ḥisāb
- mathematics in Malay
- matematik, ilmu hisab
- mathematics in Indonesian
- matematika
- mathematics in Persian
- ریاضیات انگارش riyâziyât
- mathematics in Thai
- คณิตศาสตร์ ká-nít-dtà-sàat
- mathematics in Vietnamese
- toán học
- mathematics in Myanmar
- သင်္ချာ sanghkya
- Dhivehi
- ރިޔާޟިއްޔާތު riyāḋiyyātu
- Kashmiri
- علم ریاضی ʿlm ryāzī
Examples of mathematics in a sentence
- Looking at the Leibniz series, you feel the independence of mathematics from human culture.1992 March 2, Richard Preston, “The Mountains of Pi”, in The New Yorker:
- The answer is 'yes', and the mathematics needed is the theory of probability and its applied cousin, statistics.2002, Ian Stewart, Does God Play Dice?: The New Mathematics of Chaos, page 38:
Synonyms of mathematics
Forms of mathematics
| alternative form (obsolete) | mathematicks |
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Origin of mathematics
First use appears c. 1545. From mathematic (noun) + -ics, from Middle English mathematique, methametik, matematik, matamatik, from Old French mathematique, from Latin mathēmatica (“mathematics”), from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “on the matter of that which is learned”), from μάθημα (máthēma, “knowledge, study, learning”). Displaced native Old English rīmcræft.
Words formed from mathematics
- applied mathematics
- astromathematics
- biomathematics
- discrete mathematics
- ethnomathematics
- fuzzy mathematics
- geomathematics
- iatromathematics
- math
- mathematese
- mathlete
- maths
- metamathematics
- physicomathematics
- pseudomathematics
- pure mathematics
- recreational mathematics
- reform mathematics
- reverse mathematics
Phrases with mathematics
Words that rhyme with mathematics
Questions about mathematics
- What does mathematics mean?
- Mathematics means an abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them.
- What is mathematics in Hindi?
- Mathematics in Hindi is गणित (gaṇit), गणित-विधा (gaṇit-vidhā). See Mathematics meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use mathematics in a sentence?
- Looking at the Leibniz series, you feel the independence of mathematics from human culture.
- What part of speech is mathematics?
- Mathematics is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mathematics?
- Mathematics is pronounced /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/ (UK).
Words near mathematics in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mathematics (page history and authors); ଗଣିତ (Odia) (page history and authors). 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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