- (functioning as singular)
a group of related sciences, including algebra, geometry, and calculus, concerned with the study of number, quantity, shape, and space and their interrelationships by using a specialized notation - (functioning as singular or plural)
mathematical operations and processes involved in the solution of a problem or study of some scientific field
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
math•e•mat•ics /ˌmæθəˈmætɪks/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- the systematic study of numbers and the relations between quantities expressed by symbols:[uncountable* used with a singular verb]Mathematics deals with counting and with areas of circles and volumes.
- mathematical procedures, operations, or properties:[plural* used with a plural verb]The mathematics are tricky in that equation.
math•e•mat•ics
(math′ə mat′iks),USA pronunciation n.
- (used with a sing. v.) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically.
- (used with a sing. or pl. v.) mathematical procedures, operations, or properties.
- Greek mathēmatikè̄ (téchnē) scientific (craft), equivalent. to mathēmat- (stem of máthēma) science, knowledge + -ikē, feminine of -ikos -ic; see -ics
- Latin mathēmatica (ars)
- Middle English mathematic 1350–1400
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- Master of Science
- National Tests
- Pappus of Alexandria
- Russell
- Sylvester II
- Weyl
- ability
- abstract algebra
- academic
- advanced
- ahead
- algebra
- algebraic topology
- analysis
- analytic geometry
- answer
- applied
- aptitude
- arithmetic
- bam
- biomathematics
- calculus
- calculus of finite differences
- calculus of variations
- co-
- combinatorial analysis
- complex analysis
- core subjects
- deduction
- dictionary
- differential calculus
- differential geometry
- disability
- e
- excellence
- exclamation mark
- far
- formal language
- formalism
- functional analysis
- geodesy
- geometry
- glossematics
- graph theory
- graphics
- great