Definitions for mathematical
ˌmæθ əˈmæt ɪ kəlmath·e·mat·i·cal

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. mathematicaladjective

   of or pertaining to or of the nature of mathematics

   "a mathematical textbook"; "slide rules and other mathematical instruments"; "a mathematical solution to a problem"; "mathematical proof"

2. numerical, mathematicaladjective

   relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers

   "tests for rating numerical aptitude"; "a mathematical whiz"

3. mathematicaladjective

   beyond question

   "a mathematical certainty"

4. mathematicaladjective

   statistically possible though highly improbable

   "have a mathematical chance of making the playoffs"

5. mathematicaladjective

   characterized by the exactness or precision of mathematics

   "mathematical precision"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. mathematicaladjective

   Of, or relating to mathematics

2. mathematicaladjective

   Possible but highly improbable

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. MATHEMATICAL, MATHEMATICKadjective

   Considered according to the doctrine of the mathematicians.

   Etymology: mathematicus, Lat.

   The East and West,
   Upon the globe, a mathematick point
   Only divides: thus happiness and misery,
   And all extremes, are still contiguous. John Denham, Sophy.

   It is as impossible for an aggregate of finites to comprehend or exhaust one infinite, as it is for the greatest number of mathematick points to amount to, or constitute a body. Boyle.

   I suppose all the particles of matter to be situated in an exact and mathematical evenness. Richard Bentley, Serm.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Mathematicaladjective

   of or pertaining to mathematics; according to mathematics; hence, theoretically precise; accurate; as, mathematical geography; mathematical instruments; mathematical exactness

2. Etymology: [See Mathematic.]

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1. mathematical

   Relating to mathematics.

   The mathematical process was easy and simple.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

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British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'mathematical' in Adjectives Frequency: #878

How to pronounce mathematical?

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How to say mathematical in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mathematical in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mathematical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of mathematical in a Sentence

1. Otis Brawley:

   And it really upset the anti-smoking people, it upset the folks who are in the nutrition and physical activity for cancer prevention -- Bert Vogelstein really upset the prevention crowd, keep in mind it's a mathematical simulation, it's not a clinical trial, but [ Vogelstein is ] noting that a certain number of cases are due to replication error, DNA replication error, in normal growth.

2. Alan Duke:

   We don't have anything against anybody. We don't have an agenda. We are looking for facts and we fact-check the right and the left, it just so happens that there's a lot more to fact-check on the right. It's just mathematical.

3. Albert Einstein:

   The mere formulation of a problem is far more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skills. To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle requires creative imagination and marks real advances in science.

4. Link Starbureiy:

   An animation of real variables proves that the mathematical model is true.

5. Mark Woolhouse:

   Using a mathematical model the authors show that even under the most pessimistic assumption that young people are fully infectious then school closures could still have substantially less impact on the epidemic than they would for influenza-like infections.

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