| 释义 |
mathematicize, v.|mæθɪˈmætɪsaɪz|
[f. mathematic a. + -ize.]
a. trans. To consider or treat in a mathematical manner.
b. intr. To reason mathematically; to make mathematical calculations. Hence matheˈmaticizing ppl. a.
1849Froude Nemesis 161 The dry mathematicizing reason. 1885Mrs. H. Ward Amiel's Jrnl. (13 Dec. 1859) I. 131 The mind of Naville is mathematical and his objects moral. His strength lies in mathematicising morals.
Add: matheˈmaticized ppl. a.
1834Knickerbocker Aug. 120 Ladies were invited..to prepare themselves for future honors..by becoming Latinized, Græcised, mathematicized and at length diplomatized. 1983Sci. Amer. Mar. 25/1 It presents an exhibit of the detailed, mathematicized, ambitious (and still incomplete) state of field biology today. |