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mathematics.

An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them.

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Meaning & usage

noun/mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/Received-Pronunciation/mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/Canada, General-American[mæθ(.ə)ˈmæɾ.ɪks]Canada, General-American/mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.əks/
  1. An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them.

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  2. A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.

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    My mathematics is always improving.
Where this word comes from

First use appears c. 1545. From mathematic (noun) + -ics, from Middle English mathematique, methametik, matematik, matamatik, from Old French mathematique, from Latin mathēmatica (“mathematics”), from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “on the matter of that which is learned”), from μάθημα (máthēma, “knowledge, study, learning”). Displaced native Old English rīmcræft.

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