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math

noun
/mæθ/US/mat//mɑːθ/UK/mʌt/

Etymology

From Middle English math, from Old English mǣþ (“a mowing, that which is mown, cutting of grass”), from Proto-Germanic *mēþą (“a mowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow”); equivalent to mow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with German Mahd (“a mowing, reaping”), West Frisian mêd (“area of land that can be mown in one day; domain, realm”). Related also to Old English mǣd (“mead, meadow, pasture”). See meadow.

  1. derived from *h₂meh₁-✻ — “to mow”
  2. inherited from *mēþą✻ — “a mowing”
  3. inherited from mǣþ — “a mowing, that which is mown, cutting of grass”
  4. inherited from math

Definitions

  1. Clipping of mathematics.

    • Clarke stumbled into music by way of a high school course he took to raise his grades. "Music was a bird course. I had more interest in math, science, and women", he divulged.

  2. Arithmetic calculations

    Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math).

    • If you do the math, you'll see that it’s not such a bargain.
    • $170 a month? That doesn’t sound right. Let me check your math.

  3. A math course or class.

    • They needed to take two more maths in order to graduate.
    • Did you take math today? / What did you do in math today?
    • Then, I further worked myself into an A+ panic attack with the realization that on top of the algebra, I would have to take three more maths, from a choice of calculus, finite math, statistics, logic, or differential equation.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To perform mathematical calculations or mathematical analysis

      To perform mathematical calculations or mathematical analysis; to do math

    2. To add up, compute

      To add up, compute; (by extension) to make sense.

      • Wait. This doesn't make sense. I mean, the math is not mathing.

    3. A mowing

      A mowing; what is gathered from mowing.

    4. Clipping of matha.

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Derived

applied math, check the math, discrete math, do the math, fuzzy math, girl math, harder than Chinese math, mathbabble, math circle, mathcore, math grenade, mathletic, Mathletics, MathML, math rock, mathspeak, mathwise, mathy, meader, mental math, nonmath, the math ain't mathing, the math is mathing

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for math. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA