math

¹

[math]

noun

1. mathematics.

math

²

[math]

noun

British Dialect.

1. a mowing; a leveling or cutting down of grass, grain, etc., with a mowing machine or scythe.

2. the crop mowed.

math

³

Also ma·tha

[muhth]

noun

1. a Hindu monastery.

math.

⁴

abbreviation

1. mathematical.

2. mathematician.

3. mathematics.

math

¹

/ mæθ /

noun

1. Brit equivalent: maths. informal,  short for mathematics

math.

²

abbreviation

1. mathematics

Word History and Origins

Origin of math¹

First recorded in 1845–50; by shortening

Origin of math²

First recorded before 900; Middle English (bede)-mad, a kind of manorial duty to mow for one's lord, Old English mǣth “mowing, hay harvest”; cognate with German Mahd, Old Frisian mēth, Old Saxon mād(dag) “mowing (day)”; aftermath, mow ¹, mow ²

Origin of math³

First recorded in 1825–35; from Hindi maṭh, from Sanskrit maṭha “hut, cottage, cell, monastery”

Example Sentences

But at some point the math stops making sense.

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Perhaps those by architects, who I like to think of as artists who are really good at math, are a better option.

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Among other initiatives, the grant funded a counselor position and the creation of Project SOL, a program designed to support students pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering or math.

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On social media, math faculty describe asking ChatGPT to devise tests where every answer is six, seven, 67 and so on.

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They had to re-derive the math from scratch each time they applied the method to a new quantum problem.

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