mathematician

[math-uh-muh-tish-uhn]

noun

1. an expert or specialist in mathematics.

mathematician

/ ˌmæθəməˈtɪʃən, ˌmæθmə- /

noun

1. an expert or specialist in mathematics

Other Word Forms

• nonmathematician noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of mathematician¹

First recorded in 1400–50, mathematician is from the late Middle English word mathematicion. See mathematics, -ian

Example Sentences

“If the public would have this chance to decide again in Germany, I’m sure they would take nuclear,” said Walter Schumacher, a retired German mathematician who was one of the antinuclear protesters at Tihange.

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"The voting system is specially invented by a very famous scientist and mathematician," Russian TV's Intervision commentator Yana Churikova tells me.

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His movies are almost always about characters at risk of squandering their potential, be they ballerinas, wrestlers, mathematicians or baseball players.

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Bridget Pitcher, from Nottinghamshire, said the papers were discovered in an attic by a cousin at her mother's house and included correspondence between the famous scientist and her uncle, fellow mathematician Norman Routledge.

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The papers were originally gifted to Turing's friend and fellow mathematician Norman Routledge.

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