mathematics

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The study of numbers, shapes, quantities, and the relationships between them.

   She is studying mathematics at university.

2. 2
   noun

   A person's ability to calculate and work with numbers.

   My mathematics is always improving.

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Simplified etymology

Mathematics comes through French and Latin from Greek mathematikē technē, “mathematical science.” This was formed from mathēma, “something learned, knowledge, mathematics,” itself derived from manthanein, “to learn.” Related forms existed in late Middle English, but mathematics acquired its final s later, following the pattern of words such as physics.

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.

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