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Etymology
1580s; From mathematic (noun) + -ics,[1] from Middle English mathematique, methametik, matematik, matamatik, from Old French mathematique, from Latinski mathēmatica (“mathematics”), from Antički Grčki μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “on the matter of that which is learned”), from μάθημα (máthēma, “knowledge, study, learning”). Displaced native Old English rīmcræft.
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Noun
mathematics (uncountable)
- An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them.
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- A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.
- My mathematics is always improving.
Usage notes
The term mathematics was previously seen as a plural, but this usage is largely obsolete.
- “... Artificers, to whom the Practical Mathematics are of great and immediate Uſe.” A System of Practical Mathematics — John Potter, 1753.
- “Mathematics are based on arithmatic[sic], algebra and geometry, and are either pure or mixed.” — The teacher’s assistant in the “Course of mathematics adapted to the method of instruction in the American colleges” - Jeremiah Day, 1836.
- “Now the mathematics are peculiarly well adapted for this purpose, ... ”. Library of Useful Knowledge - Mathematics - Baldwin and Cradock, London, 1836.
- "Mathematics are also distinguished into Theoretical, or Speculative, and Practical, ..." A new and easy Introduction to the Mathematics — Ira Wanzer, 1831.
However, when used in the sense of the mathematical rules and formulas used to model some specific field or phenomenon, the term can also be used today as a grammatical plural.
- “Many exact and approximate results have been obtained from this theory, but the mathematics of QCD are quite difficult, and many questions remain.” Physics — Joseph W. Kane & Morton M. Sternheim, 1984.
- ”The mathematics are the same as the actuarial liability under the constant dollar version of the benefit prorate actuarial cost method.“ Pension Mathematics with Numerical Illustrations — Howard E. Winklevoss, 1993.
- “Some authors provide plots and tables that may have limitations where the mathematics break down.” Electromagnetic Compatibility — Donald G. Baker, 2015.
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field of study
- Afrikaans: wiskunde (af)
- Alabama: holtina
- Albanian: matematikë (sq) f
- Amharic: ትምህርተ ሂሳብ (təmhrtä hisab)
- Arabic: رِيَاضَة f (riyāḍa), رِيَاضِيَّات (ar) pl (riyāḍiyyāt), عِلْم الحِسَاب (ar) m (ʿilm al-ḥisāb)
- Aragonese: matematicas
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܡܢܝܘܬܐ f (mannāyūṯāʾ)
- Armenian: մաթեմատիկա (hy) (matʿematika)
- Aromanian: mathematicã
- Assamese: গণিত (gonit), অংক (oṅko)
- Asturian: matemátiques
- Aymara: jakhu (ay)
- Azerbaijani: riyaziyyat (az)
- Banyumasan: matematika
- Bashkir: matematika (matematika)
- Basque: matematika (eu)
- Bavarian: mathematik
- Belarusian: matэmátыka (be) f (matemátyka)
- Bengali: গণিত (bn) (gônit)
- Bishnupriya Manipuri: গণিত (gaṇit)
- Breton: matematikoù, jedoniezh (br) f
- Buginese: matematika
- Bulgarian: matemátika (bg) f (matemátika)
- Burmese: သင်္ချာ (my) (sanghkya)
- Catalan: matemàtiques (ca) f pl, matemàtica (ca) f sg
- Cebuano: matematika
- Chamorro: matematika
- Chechen: matematika (matematika)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 數學/数学 (yue) (sou3 hok6)
- Hakka: 數學/数学 (sṳ-ho̍k)
- Mandarin: 數學/数学 (zh) (shùxué), 算學/算学 (zh) (suànxué) (ancient)
- Min Nan: 數學/数学 (zh-min-nan) (sò͘-ha̍k)
- Chuvash: matematika (matematika)
- Cornish: awgrym m, mathematik m
- Corsican: matematica (co)
- Crimean Tatar: riyaziyat
- Czech: matematika (cs) f
- Danish: matematik (da) c
- Dhivehi: ރިޔާޟިއްޔާތު (riyāḋiyātu)
- Dinka: akuënkäŋ
- Dutch: wiskunde (nl) f, mathematiek (nl) (rare), mathematica (nl) (rare), mathesis (nl) (rare)
- Erzya: matematika (matematika)
- Esperanto: matematiko (eo)
- Estonian: matemaatika (et)
- Extremaduran: matemáticas
- Faroese: støddfrøði f
- Finnish: matematiikka (fi)
- French: mathématiques (fr) f pl
- Friulian: matematiche
- Galician: matemáticas (gl) f pl
- Georgian: მათემატიკა (ka) (matemaṭiḳa)
- German: Mathematik (de) f
- Greek: μαθηματικά (el) n pl (mathimatiká)
- Ancient: μαθηματική f (mathēmatikḗ)
- Greenlandic: matematikki
- Guaraní: papapykuaa
- Gujarati: ગણિત (gu) (gaṇit)
- Haitian Creole: matematik
- Hausa: lissafi (ha)
- Hawaiian: makemakika
- Hebrew: מָתֵמָטִיקָה (he) (matemátika)
- Hindi: गणित (hi) m (gaṇit), गणित-विधा f (gaṇit-vidhā)
- Hungarian: matematika (hu)
- Icelandic: stærðfræði (is) f
- Ido: matematiko (io)
- Indonesian: matematika (id)
- Interlingua: mathematica (ia)
- Irish: matamaitic
- Italian: matematica (it) f
- Japanese: 数学 (ja) (sūgaku)
- Javanese: matématika
- Kannada: ಗಣಿತ (kn) (gaṇita)
- Kashmiri: علم ریاضی
- Kashubian: matematika
- Kazakh: matematika (kk) (matematika)
- Khmer: គណិតវិទ្យា (km) (kɔɔnətvɨtyiə), គណិតសាស្ត្រ (km) (kɔɔnətsaahtrɑɑ)
- Komi-Permyak: matematika (matematika)
- Korean: 수학(數學) (ko) (suhak)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: بیرکاری (ckb) (bîrkarî), ماتماتیک (ckb) (matmatîk)
- Northern Kurdish: matematîk (ku) f, jimarnasî (ku) f, bîrkarî (ku) f, jimêryarî (ku) f, hesab (ku) f
- Kyrgyz: matematika (ky) (matematika)
- Ladino: matematika
- Lao: ຄະນິດສາດ (lo) (kha nit sāt)
- Latin: mathēmatica (la) f
- Latvian: matemātika f
- Ligurian: matematica
- Limburgish: mathematik
- Lithuanian: matematika (lt) f
- Lombard: matemàtega
- Lower Sorbian: matematika
- Luxembourgish: Mathematik
- Macedonian: matemátika f (matemátika)
- Malay: matematik (ms), ilmu hisab (ms) (dated)
- Malayalam: ഗണിതം (ml) (gaṇitaṃ), കണക്ക് (ml) (kaṇakkŭ)
- Maltese: matematika f
- Manx: maddaght
- Maori: pāngarau
- Marathi: गणित (mr) (gaṇit)
- Middle English: mathematic
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: matematik (mn) (matematik), toonы uhaan (toony uhaan) (esp China)
- Mongolian: ᠮᠠᠲ᠋ᠧᠮᠠᠲ᠋ᠢᠭ (matēmatig), ᠲᠣᠭᠠᠨ ᠤ
ᠤᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (toɣan-u uqaɣan)
- Moroccan Amazigh: Lua greška in Modul:languages/doSubstitutions at line 75: Substitution data 'Tfng-translit' does not match an existing module..
- Navajo: ałhiiʼnínáʼiidzóóh, ałhííʼnaʼííltaʼ
- Neapolitan: matemàteca
- Nepali: गणित (ne) (gaṇita)
- Norman: caltchul
- Northern Sami: matematihkka
- Norwegian: matematikk (no) m
- Nynorsk: matematikk
- Occitan: matematicas (oc)
- Old English: rīmcræft m
- Old French: mathematique
- Ossetian: matematikӕ (matematikæ)
- Pangasinan: matematiks
- Papiamentu: matemátika
- Pashto: شمېرپوهنه f (šmerpohëna)
- Persian: ریاضیات (fa) (riyâziyât) انگارش (fa) (engâreš)
- Piedmontese: matemàtica
- Polish: matematyka (pl) f
- Portuguese: matemática (pt) f
- Punjabi: ਗਣਿਤ (gaṇit)
- Quechua: yupay yachay
- Romanian: matematică (ro) f
- Romansch: matematica f
- Russian: matemátika (ru) f (matemátika)
- Samoan: matematika (sm)
- Samogitian: matematėka
- Sanskrit: गणित (sa) n (gaṇita)
- Sardinian: matemàtica
- Scots: mathematics
- Scottish Gaelic: matamataig
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: matematika f
- Roman: matematika (sh) f
- Sicilian: matimàtica (scn)
- Silesian: matymatyka
- Sinhalese: ගණිතය (gaṇitaya)
- Slovak: matematika f, počty m pl
- Slovene: matematika (sl)
- Somali: xisaab
- Spanish: matemáticas (es) f pl, matemática (es) f
- Sundanese: matematika
- Swahili: hisabati (sw)
- Swedish: matematik (sv) c
- Tagalog: matematika (tl), sipnayan (tl)
- Tajik: matematika (tg) (matematika), riёziёt (tg) (riyoziyot)
- Tamil: கணிதம் (ta) (kaṇitam)
- Tatar: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
- Telugu: గణితం (te) (gaṇitaṃ), లెక్కలు (te) (lekkalu)
- Tetum: matemátika
- Thai: คณิตศาสตร์ (th)
- Tibetan: ཨང་རྩིས (ang rtsis)
- Turkish: matematik (tr)
- Turkmen: matematika
- Tuvan: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
- Ukrainian: matemátika (uk) f (matemátyka)
- Upper Sorbian: myrowc
- Urdu: ریاضی f (riyāzī), گنت m (ganit)
- Uyghur: ماتېماتىكا (matëmatika)
- Uzbek: Lua greška in Modul:languages/doSubstitutions at line 75: Substitution data 'uz-translit' does not match an existing module..
- Venetian: matemàtega
- Vietnamese: toán học (vi) (算學)
- Volapük: matemat (vo)
- Võro: matõmaatiga
- Walloon: matematikes (wa) f pl
- Waray-Waray: matematika
- Welsh: mathemateg (cy)
- West Frisian: wiskunde
- Western Panjabi: میتھمیٹکس
- Wolof: xayma (wo)
- Yakut: matematika (matematika)
- Yiddish: מאַטעמאַטיק f (matematik)
- Yoruba: ìmọ̀ ìṣirò, ìṣirò, matimátíìkì
- Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) matematik
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person's ability to use mathematics
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References
- ↑ “mathematics” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2024.
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