- (functioning as singular) a group of related sciences, including algebra, geometry, and calculus, concerned with the study of number, quantity, shape, and space and their interrelationships by using a specialized notation
- (functioning as singular or plural) mathematical operations and processes involved in the solution of a problem or study of some scientific field
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
math•e•mat•ics /ˌmæθəˈmætɪks/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- the systematic study of numbers and the relations between quantities expressed by symbols:[uncountable* used with a singular verb]Mathematics deals with counting and with areas of circles and volumes.
- mathematical procedures, operations, or properties:[plural* used with a plural verb]The mathematics are tricky in that equation.
math•e•mat•ics
(math′ə mat′iks),USA pronunciation n.
- (used with a sing. v.) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically.
- (used with a sing. or pl. v.) mathematical procedures, operations, or properties.
- Greek mathēmatikè̄ (téchnē) scientific (craft), equivalent. to mathēmat- (stem of máthēma) science, knowledge + -ikē, feminine of -ikos -ic; see -ics
- Latin mathēmatica (ars)
- Middle English mathematic 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mathematics /ˌmæθəˈmætɪks; ˌmæθˈmæt-/ n
'mathematics' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
algebra
- analysis
- applied
- arithmetic
- biomathematics
- calculus
- co-
- core subjects
- deduction
- e
- exclamation mark
- formal language
- geometry
- higher mathematics
- -ics
- innumerate
- intuitionism
- law
- math
- mathematical
- mathematical logic
- mathematician
- maths
- National Tests
- natural science
- new maths
- notation
- Pappus of Alexandria
- physics
- pi
- pure
- Russell
- set theory
- Sylvester II
- symbol
- topology
- trigonometry
- Weyl
- wrangler
- ability
- abstract algebra
- academic
- advanced
- ahead
- algebraic topology
- American College Test
- analytic geometry
- answer
- aptitude
- bam