mathematicize

English

Etymology

mathematics +‎ -ize

Verb

mathematicize (third-person singular simple present mathematicizes, present participle mathematicizing, simple past and past participle mathematicized)

1. (transitive) To render mathematical.
   • 2007 January 7, George Johnson, “Dancing With the Stars”, New York Times:

     But that’s Dyson: as resistant to categorization as the universe his colleagues are trying to mathematicize. “

Synonyms

• mathematize