Mathematics is the study of numbers, quantities, or shapes.
Elizabeth studied mathematics and classics.
...a professor of mathematics at Boston College.
2. uncountable noun
Themathematicsof a problem is the calculations that are involved in it.
Once you understand the mathematics of debt you can work your way out of it. [+ of]
mathematics in British English
(ˌmæθəˈmætɪks, ˌmæθˈmæt-)
noun
1. (functioning as singular)
a group of related sciences, including algebra, geometry, and calculus, concerned with the study of number, quantity, shape, and space and their interrelationshipsby using a specialized notation
2. (functioning as singular or plural)
mathematical operations and processes involved in the solution of a problem or study of some scientific field
Word origin
C14: mathematik (n), via Latin from Greek (adj), from mathēma a science, mathēmatikos (adj); related to manthanein to learn
mathematics in American English
(ˌmæθəˈmætɪks)
noun
1.
the group of sciences (including arithmetic, geometry, algebra, calculus, etc.) dealing with quantities, magnitudes, and forms, and their relationships, attributes, etc., by the use of numbers and symbols
2.
the act or process of using any of these sciences; computation
Word origin
see mathematical & -ics
Examples of 'mathematics' in a sentence
mathematics
Since her partner is a mathematics professor it was quickly covered in equations.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Pure and applied mathematics now are completely mixed.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He is doing battle with one of the great unsolved problems of mathematics.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He would spend his days studying mathematics.
Zindell, David The Broken God (1993)
There he distinguished himself in mathematics and physics.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Or a mathematics professor explores her theories through crochet.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It belongs to the pure nautical mathematics.
Herman Melville Moby Dick (1901)
He went off to study for a mathematics degree.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
His culture extended far beyond mathematics and theoretical physics.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He is the founder of pure mathematics and the father of computer science.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
If you do chemistry and one from mathematics and physics you will limit your range of choices much more.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Some of the most complex but decisive concepts in modern physics and mathematics are set out with lucidity and concise elegance.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
His great love within mathematics was geometry, and this turned out to be his lifelong field.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Computers that are lucky enough to find the answer to one of the mathematics problems set by the algorithm are rewarded with coins.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He also likes to visit his daughter who is studying mathematics in Southampton.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Instead he made careful drawings of the historic remains, employing a plane table and applying his advanced mathematics.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
Quotations
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to realityAlbert Einstein
I have often admired the mystical way of Pythagoras, and the secret magic of numbersThomas BrowneReligio Medici
Beauty is the first test; there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematicsGodfrey Harold HardyA Mathematician's Apology
In other languages
mathematics
British English: mathematics /ˌmæθəˈmætɪks; ˌmæθˈmæt-/ NOUN
Mathematics is the study of numbers, quantities, or shapes.
...a professor of mathematics.
American English: mathematics
Arabic: رِيَاضِيَاتٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: matemática
Chinese: 数学
Croatian: matematika
Czech: matematika
Danish: matematik
Dutch: wiskunde
European Spanish: matemáticas
Finnish: matematiikka
French: mathématiques
German: Mathematik
Greek: μαθηματικά
Italian: matematica
Japanese: 数学
Korean: 수학
Norwegian: matematikk
Polish: matematyka
European Portuguese: matemática
Romanian: matematică
Russian: математика
Latin American Spanish: matemáticas
Swedish: matematik
Thai: คณิตศาสตร์
Turkish: matematik
Ukrainian: математика
Vietnamese: toán học
Chinese translation of 'mathematics'
mathematics
(mæθəˈmætɪks) (frm)
n(u)
数(數)学(學) (shùxué)
subject word lists
See Branches of mathematicsSee Mathematical termsSee Mathematicians
Quotations
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality [Albert Einstein]I have often admired the mystical way of Pythagoras, and the secret magic of numbers [Thomas Browne – Religio Medici]Beauty is the first test; there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics [Godfrey Harold Hardy – A Mathematician's Apology]