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.

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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