Associations to the word «Mathematics»

Wiktionary

MATHEMATICS, noun. An abstract representational system used in the study of numbers, shapes, structure, change and the relationships between these concepts.
MATHEMATICS, noun. A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.

Dictionary definition

MATHEMATICS, noun. A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats