mathematics

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Alternative forms

• mathematicks (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin mathēmatica (“mathematics”), from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathematikos, “fond of learning”), from μάθημα (máthema, “knowledge, study, learning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mæθ(ə)ˈmætɨks/

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Noun

mathematics (uncountable)

1. An abstract representational system used in the study of numbers, shapes, structure and change and the relationships between these concepts.
   • 2001, David Salsburg, The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century, page 8

     In many cases, the mathematics involved are deep and complicated.

   • 2002, Ian Stewart, Does God Play Dice?: The New Mathematics of Chaos, page 38

     The answer is 'yes', and the mathematics needed is the theory of probability and its applied cousin, statistics.

2. A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.

   My mathematics is not very good.

   Their mathematics are not very good.

   Their mathematics is not very good.

Usage notes

• Before the beginning of the 20th century, it was proper to say "My mathematics are not very good".

Synonyms

• (ability to use mathematics): numeracy
• abbreviation: maths (UK), math (US)
• See also Wikisaurus:mathematics

Derived terms

• applied mathematics
• astromathematics
• biomathematics
• discrete mathematics
• ethnomathematics
• metamathematics
• pseudomathematics
• pure mathematics
• recreational mathematics

Related terms

• mathematical
• mathematically
• mathematician

Translations

field of study

Afrikaans: wiskunde (af) Alabama: holtina Albanian: matematika (sq) Alemannic German: mathematik (gsw) Amharic: ትምህርተ ሂሳብ (am) Arabic: رياضة (ar) (riyɑɑḍɑ) f., رياضيات (ar) (riyɑḍiɑɑt) pl. Aragonese: matematicas (an) Aramaic: Syriac: ܡܢܝܘܬܐ (mannāyūṯāʾ) f. Armenian: մաթեմատիկա (hy) (mat'ematika) Aromanian: mathematicã Assamese: গণিত (as) Asturian: matemátiques (ast) Aymara: jakhu (ay) Azeri: riyaziyyat (az) Banyumasan: matematika Bashkir: математика Basque: matematika (eu) Bavarian: mathematik Belarusian: матэматыка (be) Bengali: গণিত (bn) Bishnupriya Manipuri: গণিত Bosnian: matematika (bs) f. Breton: matematikoù (br) Buginese: matematika Bulgarian: математика (bg) f. Catalan: matemàtiques (ca) f. pl. or matemàtica (ca) f. sg. Cebuano: matematika Chamorro: matematika (ch) Chinese: trad. 數學, simpl. 数学 (pinyin: shùxué) Hakka: sṳ-ho̍k Min Nan: sò͘-ha̍k (nan) Chuvash: математика Corsican: matematica (co) Crimean Tatar: riyaziyat Croatian: matematika (hr) f. Czech: matematika (cs) f. Danish: matematik (da) Dhivehi: ރިޔާޟިއްޔާތު (dv) Dutch: wiskunde (nl) f. Dutch Low Saxon: wiskunde Erzya: математика Esperanto: matematiko (eo) Estonian: matemaatika (et) Extremaduran: matemáticas Faroese: støddfrøði (fo) f. Finnish: matematiikka (fi) French: mathématiques (fr) f. pl. Friulian: matematiche Galician: matemáticas (gl) f. pl., matemático (gl) m. Georgian: მათემატიკა (ka) German: Mathematik (de) f. Greek: μαθηματικά (el) (mathimatiká) n. pl. Greenlandic: matematikki (kl) Gujarati: ગણિત (gu) Haitian Creole: matematik Hawaiian: makemakika Hebrew: מתמטיקה (he) Hindi: गणित (hi) (ganit) Hungarian: matematika (hu) Icelandic: stærðfræði (is) f. Ido: matematiko (io) Indonesian: matematika (id) Interlingua: mathematica (ia) Interlingue: matematica (ie) Irish: matamaitic (ga) Italian: matematica (it) f. Japanese: 数学 (ja) (sūgaku) Javanese: matématika (jv) Kannada: ಗಣಿತ (kn) Kashmiri: علم ریاضی (ks) Kashubian: matematika (csb) Kazakh: математика (kk) Khmer: គណិតវិទ្យា (km) (gēyəneuttəwityīə), គណិតសាស្ត្រ (km) (gēyəneuttəsāh) Korean: 수학 (ko) (suhak) Kurdish: matematîk (ku) f., jimarnasî (ku) f., bîrkarî (ku) f., jimêryarî (ku) f., hesab (ku) f., بیرکاری (ku) f. Kyrgyz: математика (ky) Ladino: matematika Lao: ຄະນິດສາດ (lo)

Latin: mathēmatica (la) f. Latvian: matemātika (lv) Ligurian: matematica Limburgish: mathematik (li) Lithuanian: matematika (lt) f. Lojban: cmaci (jbo) Lombard: matemàtega Low Saxon: mathematik (nds) Lower Sorbian: matematika Luxembourgish: Mathematik (lb) Macedonian: математика (mk) (matemátika) Malay: matematik (ms) Malayalam: ഗണിതം (ml) Maltese: matematika (mt) Manx: maddaght (gv) Marathi: गणित (mr) (ganit) Middle English: mathematic Mongolian: математик (mn) Nahuatl: tlapōhuayōtl (nah) Narom: caltchul Navajo: ałhíʼayiiltááh Neapolitan: matemàteca Nepali: गणित (ne) Norwegian: matematikk (no) Nynorsk: matematikk (nn) Novial: matematike Occitan: matematicas (oc) Old English: myrra (ang) Old French: mathematique Pangasinan: matematiks Papiamentu: matemátika Pashto: شمېر پوهنه (ps) Persian: ریاضیات (fa) Piedmontese: matemàtica Polish: matematyka (pl) f. Portuguese: matemática (pt) f. Punjabi: ਗਣਿਤ (pa) Quechua: yupay yachay (qu) Romanian: matematică (ro) f. Russian: математика (ru) (matemátika) f. Samoan: matematika (sm) Samogitian: matematėka Sanskrit: गणितं (sa) Sardinian: matemàtica Scots: mathematics Scottish Gaelic: matamataig (gd) Serbian: математика (sr) Sicilian: matimàtica (scn) Silesian: matymatyka Sinhalese: ගණිතය (si) Slovak: matematika (sk) f., počty (sk) m. pl. Slovene: matematika (sl) Somali: xisaab (so) Southern Zazaki: matematik Spanish: matemáticas (es) f. pl. Sundanese: matematika (su) Swahili: hisabati (sw) Swedish: matematik (sv) c. Tagalog: matematika (tl), sipnayan (tl) Tajik: математика (tg), риёзиёт (tg) Tamil: கணிதம் (ta) Telugu: గణితం (te) (gaNitaM), లెక్కలు (te) (lekkalu) Tetum: matemátika Thai: คณิตศาสตร์ (th) (kánítta sàat) Turkish: matematik (tr) Turkmen: matematika (tk) Ukrainian: математика (uk) Upper Sorbian: myrowc (hsb) Urdu: ریاضی (ur) (riazee) f. Uzbek: matematika (uz) Venetian: matemàtega Vietnamese: toán học (vi) Volapük: matemat (vo) Võro: matõmaatiga Waray: matematika Welsh: mathemateg (cy) West Frisian: wiskunde (fy) Wolof: xayma (wo) Yakut: математика Yiddish: מאַטעמאַטיק (yi) (matematik) f. Yoruba: mathematiki (yo)

person's ability to use mathematics

Bosnian: matematika (bs) f. Croatian: matematika (hr) f. Dutch: rekenvaardigheid, wiskunde Greek: μαθηματικά (el) (mathimatiká) n. pl. Italian: matematica (it) f.

Khmer: គណិត (km) (kak nit) Kurdish: matematîk f., jimarnasî f., bîrkarî f., jimêryarî f., hesab f. Maltese: matematiku (mt) m. Swedish: matematik (sv) c.

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Emiliano-Romagnolo: matemâtica

See also

• Mathematics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Definitions of mathematics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Definitions of mathematics
• polymath

External links

• PlanetMath.Org Encyclopedia
• Mathematics Glossary
• Mathworld Encyclopedia