short for mathematics
Brit equivalent: maths
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
math1
(math),USA pronunciation n.
math2 (math),USA pronunciation n. [Brit. Dial.]
math3 (muth),USA pronunciation n.
math.,
- mathematics.
- shortened form
math2 (math),USA pronunciation n. [Brit. Dial.]
- British Termsa mowing.
- British Termsthe crop mowed.
- 1575–85; probably back formation from aftermath; compare Old English mǣth; cognate with German Mahd
math3 (muth),USA pronunciation n.
- Eastern Religionsan order of Hindu monks.
- Sanskrit maṭha hut
- 1825–35
math.,
- mathematical.
- mathematician.
- mathematics.
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'math' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Abelian
- abscissa
- absolute
- absolute complement
- absolute convergence
- absolute maximum
- absolute minimum
- absolute value
- abstract number
- abstract space
- abundant number
- accent
- accumulation point
- accuracy
- addend
- additive
- additive group
- additive identity
- additive inverse
- adjoint
- adjoint differential equation
- adjugate
- ae
- affine
- affine group
- aftermath
- aggregate
- agonic
- aleph-null
- algebra of sets
- algebraic
- algebraic equation
- algebraic extension
- algebraic function
- algebraic geometry
- algebraic number
- algebraic topology
- algebraically closed field
- algorism
- alignment chart
- aliquant
- aliquot
- almost everywhere
- almost periodic function
- alternating group
- alternating series
- amicable number
- amplitude
- analysis
- analysis situs