mathematician

[ math-uh-muh-tish-uhn ]

/ ˌmæθ ə məˈtɪʃ ən /

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noun

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

OTHER WORDS FROM mathematician

non·math·e·ma·ti·cian, noun

Words nearby mathematician

mathematical, mathematical expectation, mathematical induction, mathematical logic, mathematical probability, mathematician, mathematics, mathematize, Mather, Mather, Cotton, Mathewson

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How to use mathematician in a sentence

All told, mathematicians have now found two individual tetrahedra and three infinite families of tetrahedra that fill space.
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The work answers a question about an ancient shape thanks to a cutting-edge innovation that provides mathematicians with a new technique for finding solutions to certain equations.
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Rejewski, a 27-year-old mathematician, worked for the Cipher Office of Polish intelligence.
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You might think that by then mathematicians knew almost all there was to know about polyhedra.
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However, she soon discovered that her role as a mathematician was limited to performing time-consuming calculations by hand.
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One of the most impressive achievements, says University of Chicago mathematician Benson Farb, is that she linked these findings.
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The Turing test is named for computer scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher Alan Turing.
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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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John Bonnycastle died; an English mathematician, whose works are in use in this country.
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Michael Angelo Ricci, an Italian cardinal, died; celebrated as a mathematician.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Edward Holyoke, president of Harvard college, died; an excellent mathematician and natural philosopher.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Jean Marie Ampere, famed as a mathematician and natural philosopher, died.
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Whenever I had occasion to go to the eminent mathematician it was not his world-wide reputation which impressed me most.
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British Dictionary definitions for mathematician

mathematician

/ (ˌmæθəməˈtɪʃən, ˌmæθmə-) /

noun

an expert or specialist in mathematics

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