different between mystical vs mathematical

English

Alternative forms

• mysticall (obsolete)
• mystickal (obsolete)

Etymology

From mystic +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?st?k?l/, /?m?st?kl?/

Adjective

mystical (comparative more mystical, superlative most mystical)

1. Relating to mystics or mysticism.
2. Having a spiritual or magical significance that transcends human understanding.
3. Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination.

Related terms

• mysterious
• mystery
• mystic
• mysticality
• mysticalness
• mysticism
• mystify
• mystique

Translations

Further reading

• mystical in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

mathematics +? -al

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mæ???mæt?k?l/
• (General American, weak vowel distinction) IPA^(key): /?mæ???mæt?k?l/
  • (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /?mæ???mæt?k?l/

Adjective

mathematical (comparative more mathematical, superlative most mathematical)

1. Of, or relating to mathematics
   • 1897, Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved

     […] he looked up the uninteresting left road to the fortifications. It was new, long, white, regular, tapering to a vanishing point, like a lesson in perspective. […] 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.
2. Possible but highly improbable

Translations

Anagrams

• metathalamic