mathematically
Americanadverb
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using mathematics or mathematical principles.
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according to mathematics or from a mathematical perspective.
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in a precise and accurate way.
Example Sentences
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Quasicrystals are so mathematically complex that simulating them can involve more than a quadrillion numbers, a scale far beyond the reach of today's most powerful supercomputers.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
Leeds could mathematically secure their place in the top flight next term with a victory at Tottenham - last season's Europa League winners - on 11 May.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
I didn’t really give up until it was mathematically impossible to win.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Our retirement is mathematically secure even if we never save another penny.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
The arguments of string theorists and cosmologists might be mathematically precise and at the same time be as useless as the philosophy of Pythagoras.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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