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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
mathematics
math·emat·ics BrE [ˌmæθəˈmætɪks] NAmE [ˌmæθəˈmætɪks] (formal) (also BrE maths BrE [mæθs] ; NAmE [mæθs] ) (also NAmE math BrE [mæθ] ; NAmE [mæθ] ) noun 1. uncountable the science of numbers and shapes. Branches of mathematics include ↑arithmetic, ↑algebra, ↑geometry and ↑trigonometry •the school mathematics curriculum 2. uncountable + singular or plural verb the process of calculating using numbers • He worked out the very difficult mathematics in great detail. Derived Words: ↑mathematical ▪ ↑mathematically See also: ↑math ▪ ↑maths Word Origin: [mathematical mathematically mathematics] late 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’.
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