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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More than half of the pool’s brackets have already been mathematically eliminated, but Claude has one of the highest win probabilities of any entry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
I keep hearing people say that, mathematically, Wolves still have a chance of staying up, but let me just tell them straight - there is no chance of that happening.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
Pollan traces this divide back to Galileo, who popularized the idea that science should concern itself with what can be measured and mathematically described.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
"Because height was used both to compute and to predict volume," MacNulty explained, "the relationship is circular -- mathematically guaranteed to look strong even if no biological change occurred."
From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026
Although this technique is rather dubious mathematically, it does seem to work in practice, and has been used with these theories to make predictions that agree with observations to an extraordinary degree of accuracy.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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