mathematics
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mathematics/maθəˈmatɪks/
▶plural noun [usu. treated as sing.] the branch of science concerned with number, quantity, and space, either as abstract concepts (pure mathematics) or as applied to physics, engineering, and other subjects (applied mathematics).
– derivatives
mathematician noun.
mathematician noun.
'mathematics' also found in these Oxford entries:
abelian
- abscissa
- absolute value
- addition
- adjoint
- adjunction
- affine
- algebra
- aliquot
- alternate angles
- analysis
- antisymmetric
- arbitrary
- arc
- Argand diagram
- argument
- arithmetic
- arm
- array
- associative
- astroid
- autocorrelation
- axiom
- axis
- base
- bell curve
- bilinear
- binomial
- brachistochrone
- bracket
- calculus
- cancel
- cardinality
- cardioid
- carry
- catastrophe theory
- centre
- centroid
- chaos theory
- characteristic
- closed
- co-
- codomain
- coefficient
- combination
- combinatorics
- commensurable
- common
- common denominator
- commutation
