mathematician

[ math-uh-muh-tish-uh n ]

/ ˌmæθ ə məˈtɪʃ ən /

noun

an expert or specialist in mathematics.

Nearby words

mathematical, mathematical expectation, mathematical induction, mathematical logic, mathematical probability, mathematician, mathematics, mathematize, mather, mather, cotton, mather, increase

Origin of mathematician

First recorded in 1400–50, mathematician is from the late Middle English word mathematicion. See mathematics, -ian

Related forms

non·math·e·ma·ti·cian, noun

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Examples from the Web for mathematician

One of the most impressive achievements, says University of Chicago mathematician Benson Farb, is that she linked these findings.
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Christopher John Francis Boone is a teenage “mathematician with some behavioral difficulties.”
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I had done my duty not only as a writer, but also a mathematician: exhausted all possibilities.
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Clearly her lack of appreciation for my proof resulted from her not being a mathematician.
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One of the most ancient arithmetics was written by the mathematician Record, who lived from the year 1500 to 1558.
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Like the mathematician, the philosopher deals directly with a realm of ideal truth.
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But it would be better to be a mathematician than skilful in contriving Orreries.
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Mathematician, one versed in Mathematics; a science which treats of magnitude and number.
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He was a mathematician, philosopher and chemist, and the first who read lectures on those sciences at Paris.
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British Dictionary definitions for mathematician

mathematician

/ (ˌmæθəməˈtɪʃən, ˌmæθmə-) /

noun

an expert or specialist in mathematics

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