mathematics

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mathematics

mathematics [noun]
US /ˌmæθˈmæt̬.ɪks/ 
UK /ˌmæθˈmæt.ɪks/ 
Example: 

A professor of mathematics

The study of numbers, shapes, and space using reason and usually a special system of symbols and rules for organizing them

Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

A professor of mathematics

Oxford Essential Dictionary

mathematics

 (formal) (British, informal) maths (American, informal) math noun (no plural)
the study of numbers, measurements and shapes:
Maths is my favourite subject.

>> mathematical adjective:
a mathematical problem

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

mathematics

mathematics /ˌmæθəˈmætɪks, ˌmæθɪˈmætɪks/ noun [uncountable]
 [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: mathematicus, from Greek, from mathema 'learning, mathematics', from manthanein 'to learn']
  the science of numbers and of shapes, including algebra, geometry, and arithmetic

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mathematics

math·emat·ics   [ˌmæθəˈmætɪks]    [ˌmæθəˈmætɪks]  (formal) (also BrE maths   [mæθs]  ;   [mæθs]  ) (also NAmE math   [mæθ]  ;   [mæθ]  ) noun

1. uncountable the science of numbers and shapes. Branches of mathematics include arithmetic, algebra, geometry and trigonometry

• the school mathematics curriculum

2. uncountable + singular or plural verb the process of calculating using numbers

• He worked out the very difficult mathematics in great detail.

Derived Words: mathematical  mathematically

See also: math  maths 

 

Word Origin:

[mathematical mathematically mathematics] late 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’.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

mathematics / ˌmæθˈmæt.ɪks /   / -ˈmæt̬- / noun [ U ] ( UK informal maths , US informal math ) formal

A2 the study of numbers, shapes, and space using reason and usually a special system of symbols and rules for organizing them

→  See also algebra , arithmetic , geometry

 

mathematical / ˌmæθˈmæt.ɪ.k ə l /   / -ˈmæt̬- / adjective

B2

a mathematical formula

 

mathematically / ˌmæθˈmæt.ɪ.k ə l.i /   / -ˈmæt̬- / adverb

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

mathematics

[mæ̱θəmæ̱tɪks]
 1) N-UNCOUNT Mathematics is the study of numbers, quantities, or shapes.
  Elizabeth studied mathematics and classics.
  ...a professor of mathematics at Boston College.
 2) N-UNCOUNT The mathematics of a problem is the calculations that are involved in it.
  Once you understand the mathematics of debt you can work your way out of it.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

mathematics

math·e·mat·ics /ˌmæɵəˈmætɪks/ noun [noncount] : the science of numbers, quantities, and shapes and the relations between them
• Algebra, arithmetic, calculus, geometry, and trigonometry are branches of mathematics.
• She has a degree in mathematics.
• a professor of mathematics
Mathematics is my favorite subject.
- often used before another noun
• a mathematics teacher
• the mathematics department at the university

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