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mathematics

noun
 
🔊/ˌmæθəˈmætɪks/
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(British English also maths
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  1.  
     [uncountable] the science of numbers and shapes. Branches of mathematics include arithmetic, algebra, geometry and trigonometry.数学
    • the school mathematics curriculum学校数学课程
    • applied/pure mathematics应用[纯粹]数学
    Extra Examples
    • Both science and mathematics show us that the universe has not been around for an infinite duration of time.科学和数学都向我们表明，宇宙已经存在了无限长的时间。
    • Galileo was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Padua.伽利略被任命为帕多瓦大学数学教授。
    • There is a whole field of applied mathematics which is eminently practical.应用数学的整个领域非常实用。
    • Astronomy in this mould becomes a branch of pure mathematics.这种模子中的天文学成为纯数学的一个分支。
    Topics Educationa2, Maths and measurementa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • applied
    • pure
    • school
    • …
    phrases
    • a branch of mathematics
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  2. [uncountable + singular or plural verb] the process of calculating using numbers运算；计算
    • He worked out the very difficult mathematics in great detail.他十分详细地解答了那些很难的运算。🔊🔊
    • Her proof is a remarkable piece of mathematics.她的证明是一门非凡的数学。
    Topics Maths and measurementa2
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent.: plural of obsolete mathematic ‘mathematics’, from Old French mathematique, from Latin (ars) mathematica ‘mathematical (art)’, from Greek mathēmatikē (tekhnē), from the base of manthanein ‘learn’.