geomathematicsn.
/ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)maθ(ə)ˈmatɪks/, U.S. /ˌdʒioʊˌmæθ(ə)ˈmædɪks/ With singular agreement. The application of mathematical and computational techniques to geology; mathematical geology.
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1963 Science 5 Apr. 42/2 Expansion of the geosciences into the salients of geophysics and geochemistry is now being complemented by extension into geomathematics (geostatistics or geometrics).
1982 Math. Geol. 14 5 So what is geomathematics (or mathematical geology as preferred by some)?
1996 Computing 57 187 The aim of this paper is the approximation of functions on the sphere, given their values at certain points. This is one of the major tasks of geomathematics.
2009 W. Freeden & M. Schreiner Spherical Functions Math. Geosci. Pref. p. xiii Mathematics concerned with geoscientific problems, i.e., geomathematics, is becoming more and more important.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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