mathematics

Etymology
1580s; From, from , , , , from , from , from , from. Displaced native.

Noun

 * 1) An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them.
 * 2) A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.
 * 1) A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.
 * 1) A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.

Usage notes
The term mathematics was previously seen as a plural, but this usage is largely obsolete. 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.
 * “... 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, ...&thinsp;”. Library of Useful Knowledge - Mathematics - Baldwin and Cradock, London, 1836.
 * "Mathematics are also distinguished into Theoretical, or Speculative, and Practical, ..." A new and easy Introduction to the Mathematics — Ira Wanzer, 1831.
 * “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.

Synonyms

 * abbreviation: maths, math
 * See also Thesaurus:mathematics
 * See also Thesaurus:mathematics

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Alabama: holtina
 * Albanian:
 * Amharic: ትምህርተ ሂሳብ
 * Arabic: رِيَاضَة, ,
 * Aragonese: matematicas
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܡܢܝܘܬܐ
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: mathematicã
 * Assamese: গণিত, অংক
 * Asturian: matemátiques
 * Aymara:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Banyumasan: matematika
 * Bashkir: математика
 * Basque:
 * Bavarian: mathematik
 * Belarusian:
 * Bengali:
 * Bishnupriya Manipuri: গণিত
 * Breton: matematikoù,
 * Buginese: matematika
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Cebuano: matematika
 * Chamorro: matematika
 * Chechen: математика
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Hakka: 數學
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Chuvash: математика
 * Cornish: awgrym, mathematik
 * Corsican:
 * Crimean Tatar: riyaziyat
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dhivehi: ރިޔާޟިއްޔާތު
 * Dinka: akuënkäŋ
 * Dutch:, ,  ,
 * Erzya: математика
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Extremaduran: matemáticas
 * Faroese: støddfrøði
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: matematiche
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μαθηματική
 * Greenlandic: matematikki
 * Guaraní: papapykuaa
 * Gujarati:
 * Haitian Creole: matematik
 * Hausa:
 * Hawaiian: makemakika
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, गणित-विधा
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish: matamaitic
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Javanese: matématika
 * Kannada:
 * Kashmiri: علم ریاضی
 * Kashubian: matematika
 * Kazakh: математика
 * Khmer: ,
 * Komi-Permyak: математика
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ,
 * Northern Kurdish:, , , ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Ladino: matematika
 * Lao:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: matemātika
 * Ligurian: matematica
 * Limburgish: mathematik
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lombard: matemàtega
 * Lower Sorbian: matematika
 * Luxembourgish: Mathematik
 * Macedonian: матема́тика
 * Malay: ,
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maltese: matematika
 * Manx: maddaght
 * Maori: pāngarau
 * Marathi: गणित
 * Middle English: mathematic
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:, тооны ухаан
 * Mongolian: ᠮᠠᠲ᠋ᠧᠮᠠᠲ᠋ᠢᠭ, ᠲᠣᠭᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠤᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ
 * Moroccan Amazigh: ⵜⵓⵙⵏⴰⴽⵜ
 * Navajo: ałhiiʼnínáʼiidzóóh, ałhííʼnaʼííltaʼ
 * Neapolitan: matemàteca
 * Nepali:
 * Norman: caltchul
 * Northern Sami: matematihkka
 * Norwegian:
 * Nynorsk: matematikk
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: rīmcræft
 * Old French: mathematique
 * Ossetian: математикæ
 * Pangasinan: matematiks
 * Papiamentu: matemátika
 * Pashto: شمېرپوهنه
 * Persian:
 * Piedmontese: matemàtica
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਗਣਿਤ
 * Quechua: yupay yachay
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: matematica
 * Russian:
 * Samoan:
 * Samogitian: matematėka
 * Sanskrit:
 * Sardinian: matemàtica
 * Scots: mathematics
 * Scottish Gaelic: matamataig
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: математика
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian:
 * Silesian: matymatyka
 * Sinhalese: ගණිතය
 * Slovak: matematika, počty
 * Slovene:
 * Somali: xisaab
 * Spanish: ,
 * Sundanese: matematika
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: ,
 * Tajik: ,
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu: ,
 * Tetum: matemátika
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: ཨང་རྩིས
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: matematika
 * Tuvan:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Upper Sorbian: myrowc
 * Urdu: ریاضی, گنت
 * Uyghur: ماتېماتىكا
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Venetian: matemàtega
 * Vietnamese: (算學)
 * Volapük:
 * Võro: matõmaatiga
 * Walloon:
 * Waray-Waray: matematika
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: wiskunde
 * Western Panjabi: میتھمیٹکس
 * Wolof:
 * Yakut: математика
 * Yiddish: מאַטעמאַטיק
 * Yoruba: ìmọ̀ ìṣirò, ìṣirò, matimátíìkì
 * Zazaki: matematik


 * Dutch: rekenvaardigheid,
 * Greek:
 * Hausa:
 * Italian:
 * Khmer: គណិត
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, , , ,
 * Macedonian: матема́тика
 * Maltese: matematiku
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: matematik
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Emiliano-Romagnolo: matemâtica