单词 | mathematics |
释义 | mathematics (once / 341 pages) n Mathematics is the long word for "math," or the science of numbers and shapes and what they mean. Most people need mathematics everyday to count and measure. Mathematics is technically a plural noun — geometry, algebra, calculus: all of these are mathematics — but usually it is treated as singular. That's why a person says, mathematics is my favorite subjects, not mathematics are my favorite subject. The word mathematics comes from the Greek word manthanein, meaning "to learn." WORD FAMILYmathematics: mathematical, mathematician+/mathematical: mathematically/mathematician: mathematicians USAGE EXAMPLESAll four of her children later gained doctorates in mathematics or the natural sciences. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) “Models are opinions embedded in mathematics,” she writes. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) All four of their children received doctorates in science or mathematics. Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) n a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement Syn|Hypo|Hyper math, maths pure mathematics the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness applied math, applied mathematicsthe branches of mathematics that are involved in the study of the physical or biological or sociological world arithmeticthe branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations geometrythe pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces numerical analysis(mathematics) the branch of mathematics that studies algorithms for approximating solutions to problems in the infinitesimal calculus trig, trigonometrythe mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions algebrathe mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations calculus, infinitesimal calculusthe branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions set theorythe branch of pure mathematics that deals with the nature and relations of sets group theorythe branch of mathematics dealing with groups analysis situs, topologythe branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transformed with a one-to-one correspondence that is continuous in both directions metamathematicsthe logical analysis of mathematical reasoning linear programminga mathematical technique used in economics; finds the maximum or minimum of linear functions in many variables subject to constraints statisticsa branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters probability theory, theory of probabilitythe branch of applied mathematics that deals with probabilities science, scientific discipline a particular branch of scientific knowledge |
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