Math definition

măth

Mathematics.

noun

Mathematics.

abbreviation

Mathematician.

abbreviation

Mathematical.

abbreviation

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.

noun

(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.

noun

abbreviation

(Hinduism, Jainism) Short for matha.

noun

A mowing; what is gathered from mowing.

noun

(uncountable, North America) Short for mathematics.

noun

(countable, North America) A math course.

They needed to take two more maths.

noun

The formula editor in open source office suites. See formula editor, OpenOffice, LibreOffice and Mathematica.

noun

do the math

idiom

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

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.

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Contraction of mathematics.

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Contraction of matha.

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