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math

UK/mʌt/ US/mɑːt/ common informal slang us

noun

1.

a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement

Origin

From Middle English math, from Old English mǣþ (“a mowing, that which is mown, cutting of grass”), from Proto-Germanic *mēþą (“a mowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow”); equivalent to mow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with German Mahd (“a mowing, reaping”), West Frisian mêd (“area of land that can be mown in one day; domain, realm”). Related also to Old English mǣd (“mead, meadow, pasture”). See meadow.

Phrases

  • applied math
  • check the math
  • discrete math
  • do the math
  • fuzzy math
  • girl math
  • harder than Chinese math
  • math circle
  • the math is mathing

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