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mathematically, adv.|mæθɪˈmætɪkəlɪ|
[f. mathematical a. + -ly2.]
1. In a mathematical manner; by mathematical methods; according to mathematical principles.
1570Dee Math. Pref. a ij, A Point, by his motion, produceth, Mathematically, a line. 1579J. Jones Preserv. Bodie & Soule i. xl. 90 Whether they be Mathematically measured, or Metaphisically pondered. 1668Wilkins Real Char. 163 He [Joh. Buteo] proves Mathematically that there was a sufficient capacity in the Ark, for the conteining all those things it was designed for. 1730A. Gordon Maffei's Amphith. 362 It being..mathematically repugnant, that part of the Arch of a Circle can be at the same time elliptical. 1847–8H. Miller First Impr. xvii. (1857) 283 If in the science of geometry, it must be settled mathematically.
2. With mathematical accuracy or exactness.
1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 11 Iris is a kinde of Stone Mathematicallye wrought. 1669Sturmy Mariner's Mag. vii. ii. 3 Dial Planes are not Mathematically in the very Planes of Great Circles; for then they should have their Centers in the Center of the Earth. 1691Norris Pract. Disc. 228 His Government of the World is no less Mathematically exact than his Creation of it. a1715Burnet Own Time (1724) I. 295 Was their opinion so mathematically certain, that they [etc.]? 1814D. Stewart Hum. Mind II. ii. §3. 163 The correctness of the solution is as mathematically certain, as the truth of any property of the triangle, or of the circle.
†3. As regards quantity or number. Obs.
1607Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr. i. i. 35 The chaunge..was mathematically little. |