mathematical

mathematical
mathematics PLURAL NOUN (usu. treated as sing. ) the branch of science concerned with number, quantity, and space, either as abstract ideas (pure mathematics) or as applied to physics, engineering, and other subjects (applied mathematics).
DERIVATIVES mathematical adjective mathematically adverb mathematician noun.
ORIGIN from Greek mathma 'science' , from manthanein 'learn' .

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