Mathematical vs Mathematics - What's the difference?
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Of, or relating to mathematics
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An abstract representational system used in the study of numbers, shapes, structure, change and the relationships between these concepts.
* 2001 , David Salsburg, The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century , page 8
* 2002 , Ian Stewart, Does God Play Dice?: The New Mathematics of Chaos , page 38
A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.
Mathematical is a related term of mathematics.
As a adjective mathematical
is of, or relating to mathematics.As a noun mathematics is
an abstract representational system used in the study of numbers, shapes, structure, change and the relationships between these concepts.mathematical
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Smaller and smaller she waned up the rigid mathematical road, still gazing at the soldier aloft, as Pierston gazed at her.
- Although Galileo had designed a pendulum clock, he never actually constructed one. The first pendulum clock was constructed by the Dutch physicist Christian Huygens (1629–1695) in 1657. He also developed the mathematical theory of the pendulum. Newton also studied the motion of a pendulum and experimented with pendulums made of different materials and of different lengths.
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mathematics
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(wikipedia mathematics)Alternative forms
* mathematicks (obsolete)Noun
(-)- In many cases, the mathematics involved are deep and complicated.
- The answer is 'yes', and the mathematics needed is the theory of probability and its applied cousin, statistics.
- My mathematics is not very good.
- Their mathematics are not very good.
- Their mathematics is not very good.
Usage notes
* Before the beginning of the 20th century, it was proper to say "My mathematics are not very good".Synonyms
* (ability to use mathematics) numeracy * abbreviation: maths * See alsoDerived terms
* applied mathematics * astromathematics * biomathematics * discrete mathematics * ethnomathematics * metamathematics * pseudomathematics * pure mathematics * recreational mathematicsSee also
* (wikipedia "mathematics") * (Definitions of mathematics) * polymathExternal links
*PlanetMath.Org Encyclopedia*
Mathematics using gifts*
Mathematics Glossary*
Mathworld Encyclopedia