Informal mathematics
math Idioms
do the math
Informal to consider or analyze a set of facts in order to reach a conclusion
A little girl learning basic math.
The definition of math is the overall group of sciences that study numbers, shapes and their relationships.
An example of math is arithmetic, the study of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
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math
- mathematical
- mathematician
- mathematics
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noun
Mathematics.
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Origin
From Middle English math, from Old English mǣþ (“a mowing, that which is mown, cutting of grass"), from Proto-Germanic *mēþą (“a mowing"), from Proto-Indo-European *mÄ“- (“to mow"), equivalent to mow +"Ž -th. Cognate with German Mahd (“a mowing, reaping"). Related also to Old English mÇ£d (“mead, meadow, pasture"). See meadow.
Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural maths)
- (uncountable, North America) Short for mathematics.
- (uncountable, North America) Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math).
- If you do the math, you'll see that it's not such a bargain.
- $170 a month? That doesn't sound right. Let me check your math.
- (countable, North America) A math course.
- They needed to take two more maths
Origin
Contraction of mathematics.
Noun
(plural maths)
- (Hinduism, Jainism) Short for matha.
Origin
Contraction of matha.
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Sentence Examples
- The math works the same over time.
- Indeed its founder, Ramananda, who probably flourished in the latter part of the 14th century, according to the traditional account, was originally a SriVaishnava monk, and, having come under the suspicion of laxity in observing the strict rules of food during his peregrinations, and been ordered by his superior (Mahant) to take his meals apart from his brethren, left the monastery in a huff and set up a schismatic math of his own at Benares.
- Cantor, Vorlesungen i ber Geschichte der Math., ii.
- The boring of the Perpendicular in the horizontal firestick, whereby fire was kindled, was called manthana, from math, " I shake."
- From 1882 onwards math was steadily productive.
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