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mathematization|ˌmæθɪmətaɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. mathematize v. + -ation.]
Mathematical treatment; the state of being mathematized.
1936W. F. R. Hardie Study in Plato v. 38 In the Philebus Plato refers to the discovery of the musical intervals (17d), and pays tribute to the inspiration derived from this example of successful mathematization. 1952G. Sarton Hist. Sci. I. xvi. 416 His [sc. Plato's] mathematization of political thought. 1956E. H. Hutten Lang. Mod. Physics ii. 37 There is no part of physics that can be said to be completely formalised as a system. At best, we find a ‘mathematization’. 1962L. J. Cohen Diversity of Meaning i. 19 He may too easily ignore what was contributed to the mathematization of science by medieval influences like Roger Bacon's stress on the need for a strictly mathematical treatment of optics. 1973Sci. Amer. Dec. 101/1 In the Copernican system the planets are harmoniously ordered out from the sun so that the shorter the period, the closer the distance. It is this pattern that opened the way to the mathematization and mechanization of the universe. |