mathematical

[ math-uh-mat-i-kuhl ]

/ ˌmæθ əˈmæt ɪ kəl /

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adjective

of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics: mathematical truth.

employed in the operations of mathematics: mathematical instruments.

having the exactness, precision, or certainty of mathematics.

OTHER WORDS FOR mathematical

3 exact, precise, meticulous, rigorous.

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Also math·e·mat·ic .

Origin of mathematical

1400–50; late Middle English <Latin mathēmatic(us) pertaining to mathematics + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM mathematical

math·e·mat·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·math·e·mat·ic, adjectivenon·math·e·mat·i·cal, adjectivenon·math·e·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb

sem·i·math·e·mat·i·cal, adjectivesem·i·math·e·mat·i·cal·ly, adverbsu·per·math·e·mat·i·cal, adjectivesu·per·math·e·mat·i·cal·ly, adverbun·math·e·mat·i·cal, adjectiveun·math·e·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb

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mateship, mate's rates, matey, mat grass, math, mathematical, mathematical expectation, mathematical induction, mathematical logic, mathematical probability, mathematician

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How to use mathematical in a sentence

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“These are idealized mathematical objects that are going to be with us forever, and now we know all of them,” said Martin Weissman of the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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The mathematical disease modeler Joseph Wu, a member of the University of Hong Kong’s infectious disease and public health teams, was looking closely at the numbers of cases being reported in and around Wuhan.
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The third, however, can be viewed through a mathematical lens.
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It takes Sharp four hours to get into character: “I take joy in the mathematical, symmetrical precision and perfectness of Bach.”
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He majored in mathematical physics, studying mind-bending theories of quantum mechanics and partial differential equations.
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To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational.
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Kempton subsequently offered what he reasoned to be mathematical proof of her powers.
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All Facebook will see is cyphertext—the mathematical gibberish computers generate to thwart spying eyes.
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A second main division of our schooling was mathematical instruction of a sort.
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This truth is as old as Homer, and its proofs are as capable of demonstration as a mathematical axiom.
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Upon reflection, it is surprising how few subjects are capable of a mathematical demonstration.
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There is not a mathematical line—length without breadth—in all the universe.
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With mathematical accuracy the old man filled the two tumblers with boiling water.
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British Dictionary definitions for mathematical

mathematical

less commonly mathematic

/ (ˌmæθəˈmætɪkəl, ˌmæθˈmæt-) /

adjective

of, used in, or relating to mathematics

characterized by or using the precision of mathematics; exact

using, determined by, or in accordance with the principles of mathematics

Derived forms of mathematical

mathematically, adverb

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Origin of mathematical

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British Dictionary definitions for mathematical

less commonly mathematic

Derived forms of mathematical