mathematics
noun /ˌmæθəˈmætɪks/
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(formal) (British English also maths
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)(North American English also math
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)- [uncountable] the science of numbers and shapes. Branches of mathematics include arithmetic, algebra, geometry and trigonometry.
- the school mathematics curriculum
- applied/pure mathematics
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationa2, Maths and measurementa2- Both science and mathematics show us that the universe has not been around for an infinite duration of time.
- Galileo was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Padua.
- There is a whole field of applied mathematics which is eminently practical.
- Astronomy in this mould becomes a branch of pure mathematics.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- applied
- pure
- school
- …
- a branch of mathematics
- [uncountable + singular or plural verb] the process of calculating using numbers
- He worked out the very difficult mathematics in great detail.
- Her proof is a remarkable piece of mathematics.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: plural of obsolete mathematic ‘mathematics’, from Old French mathematique, from Latin (ars) mathematica ‘mathematical (art)’, from Greek mathēmatikē (tekhnē), from the base of manthanein ‘learn’.