Mathematic

-al , math-e-mat′ik, -al, adj. pertaining to, or done by, mathematics: very accurate.— adv. Mathemat′ically .— ns. Mathematic′ian , one versed in mathematics; Mathemat′ics , the science of magnitude and number, and of all their relations—usually divided into Pure , and Mixed or Applied , the first including all deductions from the abstract, self-evident relations of magnitude and number—the second, the results arrived at by applying the principles so established to certain relations found by observation to exist among the phenomena of nature.— Higher mathematics , a term applied generally to all the scientifically treated branches of mathematics. [Fr. mathématique —L. mathematic a —Gr. mathēmatikē ( epistēmē , skill, knowledge), relating to learning— mathēma — man thane in , to learn.]