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Etymology

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1580s; Frommathematic(noun) +‎-ics,[1] fromMiddle Englishmathematique,methametik,matematik,matamatik, fromOld Frenchmathematique, fromLatinmathēmatica(“mathematics”), fromAncient Greekμαθηματικός(mathēmatikós,“on the matter of that which is learned”), fromμάθημα(máthēma,“knowledge, study, learning”). Displaced nativeOld Englishrīmcræft.

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Noun

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mathematics (uncountable)

  2. An abstract representational systemstudyingnumbers,shapes,structures,quantitative change and relationships between them.
    • 1961,Harry E. Wedeck,Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page163:
      Next toMathematics, the study of natural philosophy tends to have anti-aphrodisiac effects.
    • 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, “The Mountains of Pi”, inThe New Yorker:
      Looking at theLeibniz series, you feel the independence ofmathematics from human culture. Surely, on any world that knowspi the Leibniz series will also be known...Nilakantha, an astronomer, grammarian, and mathematician who lived on theKerala coast ofIndia, described the formula inSanskrit poetry around the year 1500.
    • 2002, Ian Stewart,Does God Play Dice?: The New Mathematics of Chaos, page38:
      The answer is 'yes', and themathematics needed is the theory of probability and its applied cousin, statistics.
  3. A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.
    Mymathematics is always improving.

Usage notes

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The termmathematics 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 intoTheoretical, orSpeculative, andPractical, ..."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
person's ability to use mathematics
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References

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  1. ^Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “mathematics”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.

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