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English

Alternative forms

• mathematicks (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French mathematique, from Latin math?matica (“mathematics”), from Ancient Greek ??????????? (math?matikós, “on the matter of that which is learned”), from ?????? (máth?ma, “knowledge, study, learning”). Displaced native Old English r?mcræft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæ?(?)?mæt?ks/

Noun

mathematics (uncountable)

1. An abstract representational system used in the study of numbers, shapes, structure, change and the relationships between these concepts.
   • 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, The New Yorker, "The Mountains of Pi":

     Looking at the Leibniz series, you feel the independence of mathematics from human culture. Surely, on any world that knows pi the Leibniz series will also be known... Nilakantha, an astronomer, grammarian, and mathematician who lived on the Kerala coast of India, described the formula in Sanskrit poetry around the year 1500.

   • 2002, Ian Stewart, Does God Play Dice?: The New Mathematics of Chaos, page 38

     The answer is 'yes', and the mathematics needed is the theory of probability and its applied cousin, statistics.

2. A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.

   My mathematics is always improving.

Usage notes

• Mathematics was previously seen as a plural, but this usage is obsolete.
  • "… Artificers, to whom the Practical Mathematics are of great and immediate U?e." A System of Practical Mathematics - John Potter, 1753
  • "Mathematics are based on arithmatic^[sic], algebra and geometry, and are either pure or mixed." - The teacher's assistant in the "Course of mathematics adapted to the method of instruction in the American colleges - Jeremiah Day, 1836
  • "Now the mathematics are peculiarly well adapted for this purpose, … " - Library of Useful Knowledge - Mathematics - Baldwin and Cradock, London, 1836
  • "Mathematics are also distinguished into Theoretical, or Speculative, and Practical, …" A new and easy Introduction to the Mathematics - Ira Wanzer, 1831

Synonyms

• (ability to use mathematics): numeracy
• abbreviation: maths (UK, Australia), math (US, Canada)
• See also Thesaurus:mathematics

Derived terms

Related terms

• mathematical
• mathematically
• mathematician

Descendants

• ? Welsh: mathemateg

Translations

See also

• mathematics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Definitions of mathematics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• polymath

Further reading

• PlanetMath.Org Encyclopedia
• Mathematics using gifs
• Mathworld Encyclopedia

English

Etymology

In the sense of a person, from Middle English calkelatour (“mathematician, astrologer”), borrowed from Latin calcul?tor, equivalent to calculate +? -or. The other meanings arose in Modern English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæl.kj?.le?.t?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kæl.kj?.le?.t??/, [?k?æ?.kj??le??.??]

Noun

calculator (plural calculators)

1. A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations.
2. (dated) A person who performs mathematical calculation
3. A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
4. (obsolete) A set of mathematical tables.

Synonyms

• (electronic device): electronic calculator, pocket calculator
• (mechanical device): adding machine
• (person who performs mathematical calculations): computer (dated)
• (person who schemes): plotter, schemer
• (mathematical tables): ready reckoner, tables

Derived terms

• electronic calculator
• pocket calculator

Related terms

• calculate

Translations

See also

• ready reckoner
• slide rule
• tables
• calculator on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Calculator”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume II (C), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, pages 27–28, column 3.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cal?cu?la?tor

Etymology

From English calculator.

Noun

calculator

1. calculator (device)

   Synonyms: calcu, kalkulador

Latin

Etymology

From calcul? (“I calculate”) +? -tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kal.ku?la?.tor/, [kä??k????ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kal.ku?la.tor/, [k?lku?l??t??r]

Noun

calcul?tor m (genitive calcul?t?ris, feminine calcul?tr?x); third declension

1. calculator, bookkeeper, accountant
2. computer, one versed in/teacher of arithmetic

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• calcul?tr?x

Verb

calcul?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of calcul?
   1. "thou shalt be calculated, thou shalt be computed"
   2. (figuratively) "thou shalt be considered as, thou shalt be esteemed"
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of calcul?
   1. "it shall be calculated, it shall be computed"
   2. (figuratively) "she shall be considered as, she shall be esteemed"

References

• calculator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calculator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• calculator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• calculator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• calculator in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French calculateur; compare also English and Latin calculator.

Noun

calculator n (plural calculatoare)

1. calculator (device)
2. computer

   Synonyms: computer, ordinator

Declension