maths en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /maks/ (South-Asia)
- /mæs/ Nigerian English
- măths (Received-Pronunciation)
- /mæθs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /mɛts/ (Malaysia, Singapore)
- (UK) audio
Etymology
Contraction of mathematics.
Meanings
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(Canada, Commonwealth, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, rare, uncountable) Clipping of mathematics.
alt of mathematics
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.
1980 August 21, “Girls can do maths as well as boys”, in New Scientist, page 586: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.
2004, Miraca U.M. Gross, Exceptionally Gifted Children, page 229:Most people who are forced to use maths have little idea what it is really about.
2011, Clifford Matthews, IMechE Engineers′ Databook, 4th edition, John Wiley & Sons, page 40:But one thing I know is that when I help five- and six-year-olds with maths they typically scream with excitement, and only learn to fear it later.
2023 May 29, Eugenia Cheng, “What if nobody is bad at maths?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2023:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| math | Canada, US, alternative | lexicographic | |
| mathematics | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (26)
no matte (short form of mathematics) · gd matamataig (short form of mathematics) · lv matene (short form of mathematics) · da mat (short form of mathematics) · sv matte (short form of mathematics) · ru матема́тика (short form of mathematics) · cs matika (short form of mathematics) · fr maths (short form of mathematics) · fi matikka (short form of mathematics) · pl matma (short form of mathematics) · pl majma (short form of mathematics) · lv matemātika (short form of mathematics) · ca mates (short form of mathematics) · et mata (short form of mathematics) · nl wiskunde (short form of mathematics) · mr गणित (short form of mathematics) · vi toán học (short form of mathematics) · es mate (short form of mathematics) · no matte (short form of mathematics) · ta கணிதம் (short form of mathematics) · ja 数学 (short form of mathematics) · es mates (short form of mathematics) · hu matek (short form of mathematics) · de Mathe (short form of mathematics) · sa गणित (short form of mathematics) · cmn 數學 /数学 (short form of mathematics)