mathematician
[math-uh-muh-tish-uh n]
- an expert or specialist in mathematics.
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Origin of mathematician
First recorded in 1400–50, mathematician is from the late Middle English word mathematicion. See mathematics, -ian
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Contemporary Examples
One of the most impressive achievements, says University of Chicago mathematician Benson Farb, is that she linked these findings.
The Turing test is named for computer scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher Alan Turing.
Christopher John Francis Boone is a teenage “mathematician with some behavioral difficulties.”
I had done my duty not only as a writer, but also a mathematician: exhausted all possibilities.
Clearly her lack of appreciation for my proof resulted from her not being a mathematician.
Historical Examples
Had I been rich,” said he, “I should probably not have become a mathematician.
Self-HelpSamuel Smiles
The distinction between the mathematician and the dialectician is also noticeable.
The RepublicPlato
The dialectician is as much above the mathematician as the mathematician is above the ordinary man.
The RepublicPlato
Assuredly not, he said; I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.
The RepublicPlato
That is the question, and the state of the odds may be reckoned by the mathematician.
The Valet's Tragedy and Other StoriesAndrew Lang
mathematician
- an expert or specialist in mathematics
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Word Origin and History for mathematician
n.
early 15c., from Middle French mathematicien, from mathematique, from Latin mathematicus (see mathematic).
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