math
1[ math ]
/ mæθ /
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Origin of math
1First recorded in 1845–50; by shortening
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[ math ]
/ mæθ /
noun British Dialect.
a mowing; a leveling or cutting down of grass, grain, etc., with a mowing machine or scythe.
the crop mowed.
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[ muhth ]
/ mʌθ /
noun
a Hindu monastery.
Also ma·tha [muhth-uh]. /ˈmʌθ ə/.
Origin of math
3First recorded in 1825–35; from Hindi maṭh, from Sanskrit maṭha “hut, cottage, cell, monastery”
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math.
abbreviation
mathematical.
mathematician.
mathematics.
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mathematics
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