biomathematicsn.
/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)maθ(ə)ˈmatɪks/, U.S. /ˌbaɪəˌmæθˈmædɪks/ With singular agreement. The application of mathematical analysis and techniques to aspects of biological research and theory.
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menadry1570
pure mathematics1605
mechanics1612
residuation1846
chaos theory1880
number theory1901
formalism1913
intuitionism1913
replacement theory1914
biomathematics1923
proof theory1929
finitism1935
mereology1938
combinatorics1941
cryptarithmetic1943
game theory1945
numerical analysis1946
queueing theory1951
constructivism1959
complexity1963
catastrophe theory1971
chaology1985
1923 W. M. Feldman Biomathematics i. 1 Biomathematics is the science and art of rapid and accurate computation applied to the study and investigation of biological problems.
1963 New Scientist 10 Jan. 72/2 There are now strong indications that biomathematics and medicomathematics are emerging as distinctive scientific disciplines.
1991 Omni Feb. 67/3 Biomathematics plumbs what could be the mathematical rules governing the development of plant life on this planet by using sets of mathematical formulas.
1998 Guardian 29 Aug. (Saturday section) 8/7 Spiders, petals, coral reefs—they all obey fractal or other numeric laws… Welcome to biomathematics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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