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   Math·e·mat·ics

   /ˌmaTH(ə)ˈmadiks/

   

   plural

   • 1. the abstract science of number, quantity, and space. Mathematics may be studied in its own right (pure mathematics), or as it is applied to other disciplines such as physics and engineering (applied mathematics): "a taste for mathematics"
   • ▪ the mathematical aspects of something: "the mathematics of general relativity"

   Word Origin late 16th century: plural of obsolete mathematic ‘mathematics’, from Old French mathematique, from Latin (ars) mathematica ‘mathematical (art)’, from Greek mathēmatikē (tekhnē), from the base of manthanein ‘learn’.

   Scrabble Points: 20

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