maths

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mathematics (disambiguation)

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Contraction of mathematics.

• math (North America)
• mathematics

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: măths IPA^(key): /mæθs/

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• (Nigerian English) IPA^(key): /mæs/
• (Singapore, Malaysia) IPA^(key): /mɛts/^[1]
• Rhymes: -æθs

maths (uncountable)

1. (informal, Commonwealth, rarely Canada) Clipping of mathematics.
   • 1980 August 21, “Girls can do maths as well as boys”, in New Scientist, page 586:

     The conventional “commonsense” view now is that girls are conditioned both by family and teachers to believe that maths is a subject at which males excel, and that they believe they cannot be expected to comprehend its subtleties — so they don′t.

   • 2004, Miraca U.M. Gross, Exceptionally Gifted Children, page 229:

     At age 10, Ian was based with the Grade 6 students but was allowed to take maths with Grade 10 – a four-year grade advancement.

   • 2011, Clifford Matthews, IMechE Engineers′ Databook, 4th edition, John Wiley & Sons, page 40:

     Most people who are forced to use maths have little idea what it is really about.

maths

1. plural of math

maths

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of math

• Thams

• math

Clipping of mathématiques.

• IPA^(key): /mat/

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maths f pl

1. (informal) math or maths (study of numbers, etc.; a course involving the study of numbers)

   Ce type-là, c’est une tronche en maths.

   That guy is a pro at math.

• matheux

• “maths”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.