Mathematics Meaning
/mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them.
nounA person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.
Sentence Examples
Mathematics is not just the memorization of formulas.
The essence of mathematics is liberty.
CEFR Practice Quiz
In school, the subject ____ involves studying various numbers, shapes, and patterns.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She decided to major in ____ because she enjoyed solving logic puzzles and complex equations.
Word Origin & History
1580s; From mathematic (noun) + -ics, from Middle English mathematique, methametik, matematik, matamatik, from Old French mathematique, from Latin mathēmatica (“mathematics”), from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “on the matter of that which is learned”), from μάθημα (máthēma, “knowledge, study, learning”). Displaced native Old English rīmcræft.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Next to Mathematics, the study of natural philosophy tends to have anti-aphrodisiac effects."
— 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 163:
"Looking at the Leibniz series, you feel the independence of mathematics from human culture. Surely, on any world that knows pi the Leibniz series will also be known... Nilakantha, an astronomer, grammarian, and mathematician who lived on the Kerala coast of India, described the formula in Sanskrit poetry around the year 1500."
— 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, “The Mountains of Pi”, in The New Yorker:
"The answer is 'yes', and the mathematics needed is the theory of probability and its applied cousin, statistics."
— 2002, Ian Stewart, Does God Play Dice?: The New Mathematics of Chaos, page 38:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In school, the subject ____ involves studying various numbers, shapes, and patterns.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She decided to major in ____ because she enjoyed solving logic puzzles and complex equations.