Mathematical meaning

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Of or relating to mathematics.
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Of, having the nature of, or concerned with mathematics.
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Rigorously exact, precise, accurate, etc.
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Of, or relating to mathematics.

A mathematical problem.

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The team has a mathematical chance of being promoted, but they need to win the next seven matches.

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Possible according to mathematics but highly improbable.

The team has only a mathematical chance to win the championship.

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Origin of mathematical

  • Middle English from Medieval Latin mathēmaticālis from Latin mathēmaticus from Greek mathēmatikos from mathēma mathēmat- science, learning from manthanein math- to learn mendh- in Indo-European roots
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Mathematical Sentence Examples

  • Space-time in simple terms is a mathematical model that combines space and time into a single continuum.

  • In England, Robert Recorde had indeed published his mathematical treatises, but they were of trifling importance and without influence on the history of science.

  • All these rest upon the facts of mathematical geography, and the three are so closely inter-related that they cannot be rigidly separated in any discussion.

  • It has been stated that Napier's mathematical pursuits led him to dissipate his means.

  • The angle which the earth's axis makes with the plane in which the planet revolves round the sun determines the varying seasonal distribution of solar radiation over the surface and the mathematical zones of climate.

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