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Describe vs Mathematizable - What's the difference?

describe | mathematizable |

As a verb describe

is (label) to represent in words.

As an adjective mathematizable is

(chiefly|philosophy|and|science) capable of being analyzed or described using mathematical concepts or notation.

describe

English

Verb

(describ)
  • (label) To represent in words.
  • * November 2 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
  • Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties.
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  • (label) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.
  • * 1826 , (James Fenimore Cooper), (The Last of the Mohicans)
  • Uncas described an arc in the water with his own blade, and as the canoe passed swiftly on, Chingachgook recovered his paddle, and flourishing it on high, he gave the war-whoop of the Mohicans.
  • To give rise to a geometrical structure.
  • To reveal a new species by scientifically explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other species.
  • (label) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
  • * Bible, (w) xviii. 9
  • Passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book.

    Synonyms

    * (to represent in words) portray, betell, depict, report * (to represent in writing) bewrite

    mathematizable

    English

    Alternative forms

    * mathematisable

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (chiefly, philosophy, and, science) Capable of being analyzed or described using mathematical concepts or notation.
  • * 1979 , Charles C. Lemert, “Language, Structure, and Measurement: Structuralist Semiotics and Sociology,” The American Journal of Sociology , vol. 84, no. 4, p. 944:
  • Formalism seeks to correct this deficiency by translating verbal texts into formal, mathematizable lexicons which are then manipulated into general propositions.
  • * 2009 , Helen Longino, “Perilous thoughts: comment on van Fraassen,” Philosophical Studies , vol. 143, no. 1, pages 25-32:?
  • This gap was a challenge to develop mechanical, mathematizable , models of the particles and their interactions.