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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to mathematics.
  • adjective Precise; exact.
  • adjective Absolute; certain.
  • adjective Possible according to mathematics but highly improbable.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of, pertaining to, or relating to mathematics; having to do with pure quantity; quantitative: as, mathematical knowledge; mathematical instruments; a mathematical theory.
  • According to the principles of mathematics; theoretically precise; absolutely accurate; strict; rigid; demonstrable: as, mathematical exactness; mathematical certainty.
  • Geometrical, as opposed to arithmetical and algebraical: an incorrect use, formerly current.
  • Astrological; magical.
  • Produced by mathematics, as pure figures and number.
  • Mathematics.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to mathematics; according to mathematics; hence, theoretically precise; accurate

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, or relating to mathematics
  • adjective Possible but highly improbable

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective beyond question
  • adjective statistically possible though highly improbable
  • adjective relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers
  • adjective characterized by the exactness or precision of mathematics
  • adjective of or pertaining to or of the nature of mathematics

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin mathēmaticālis, from Latin mathēmaticus, from Greek mathēmatikos, from mathēma, mathēmat-, science, learning, from manthanein, math-, to learn; see mendh- in Indo-European roots.]

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