math

¹

[ math ]

noun

1. mathematics.

math

²

[ math ]

noun

, British Dialect.

1. a mowing; a leveling or cutting down of grass, grain, etc., with a mowing machine or scythe.
2. the crop mowed.

math

³

[ muhth ]

noun

1. a Hindu monastery.

math.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. mathematical.
2. mathematician.
3. mathematics.

math

¹

/ mæθ /

noun

1. informal.
   short for mathematics Brit equivalentmaths

math.

²

abbreviation for

1. mathematics

Word History and Origins

Origin of math¹

First recorded in 1845–50; by shortening

Origin of math²

First recorded before 900; Middle English (bede)-mad, a kind of manorial duty to mow for one's lord, Old English mǣth “mowing, hay harvest”; cognate with German Mahd, Old Frisian mēth, Old Saxon mād(dag) “mowing (day)”; aftermath, mow ¹, mow ²

Origin of math³

First recorded in 1825–35; from Hindi maṭh, from Sanskrit maṭha “hut, cottage, cell, monastery”

Example Sentences

Sometimes they’re confused enough to output obvious errors, as Apple researchers found when asking the models to solve math problems written in plain English.

From Los Angeles Times

The Born rule bridges the math of quantum theory to the outcomes of experiments, which makes the field a legitimate scientific discipline in the first place.

From Salon

Students in IHP programs work one to three years above grade level in math and study advanced reading materials.

From Los Angeles Times

Adam Felber recalls that his son was “literally bored to tears” in school until he enrolled in Reed’s IHP program and began learning three years of math curriculum in one year.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m 65 years old, playing a character that, if you crunch the math, should be about 40,” he told The Times of taking on Tevye, the show’s devout dairyman.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• analytical
• numerical
• scientific