mathematics

ඉංග්‍රීසි

වෙනත් ආකාර

• mathematicks (obsolete)

නිරුක්තිය

1580s; From mathematic (noun) +‎ -ics, from මධ්‍යකාලීන ඉංග්‍රීසි mathematique, methametik, matematik, matamatik, from පුරාතන ප්‍රංශ mathematique, from ලතින් mathēmatica (“mathematics”), from පුරාතන ග්‍රීක μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “on the matter of that which is learned”), from μάθημα (máthēma, “knowledge, study, learning”). Displaced native පුරාතන ඉංග්‍රීසි rīmcræft.

උච්චාරණය

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, [mæθ(.ə)ˈmæɾ.ɪks]

• ඕඩියෝ (US):

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  • (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.əks/, [mæθ(.ə)ˈmæɾ.əks]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, [mæθ(.ə)ˈmæɾ.ɪks]
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /mɛθ(.ə)ˈmɛt.əks/, [mɛθ(.ə)ˈmɛɾ.əks]
• Rhymes: -ætɪks

නාම පදය

mathematics (uncountable)

2. ගණිතය (An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them).
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 163:

     Next to Mathematics, the study of natural philosophy tends to have anti-aphrodisiac effects.

     (මෙම quotation සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

   • 1992 මාර්තු 2, Richard Preston, “The Mountains of Pi”, in The New Yorker:

     Looking at the Leibniz series, you feel the independence of mathematics from human culture. Surely, on any world that knows pi the Leibniz series will also be known... Nilakantha, an astronomer, grammarian, and mathematician who lived on the Kerala coast of India, described the formula in Sanskrit poetry around the year 1500.

     (මෙම quotation සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

   • 2002, Ian Stewart, Does God Play Dice?: The New Mathematics of Chaos, page 38:

     The answer is 'yes', and the mathematics needed is the theory of probability and its applied cousin, statistics.

     (මෙම quotation සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

3. A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.

   My mathematics is always improving.

   (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

භාවිත සටහන්

The term mathematics was previously seen as a plural, but this usage is largely obsolete.

• “... Artificers, to whom the Practical Mathematics are of great and immediate Uſe.” A System of Practical Mathematics — John Potter, 1753.
• “Mathematics are based on arithmatic^[sic], algebra and geometry, and are either pure or mixed.” — The teacher’s assistant in the “Course of mathematics adapted to the method of instruction in the American colleges” - Jeremiah Day, 1836.
• “Now the mathematics are peculiarly well adapted for this purpose, ... ”. Library of Useful Knowledge - Mathematics - Baldwin and Cradock, London, 1836.
• "Mathematics are also distinguished into Theoretical, or Speculative, and Practical, ..." A new and easy Introduction to the Mathematics — Ira Wanzer, 1831.

However, when used in the sense of the mathematical rules and formulas used to model some specific field or phenomenon, the term can also be used today as a grammatical plural.

• “Many exact and approximate results have been obtained from this theory, but the mathematics of QCD are quite difficult, and many questions remain.” Physics — Joseph W. Kane & Morton M. Sternheim, 1984.
• ”The mathematics are the same as the actuarial liability under the constant dollar version of the benefit prorate actuarial cost method.“ Pension Mathematics with Numerical Illustrations — Howard E. Winklevoss, 1993.
• “Some authors provide plots and tables that may have limitations where the mathematics break down.” Electromagnetic Compatibility — Donald G. Baker, 2015.

සමාන පද

• (ability to use mathematics): numeracy
• abbreviation: maths, math (US, Canada)
• See also Thesaurus:mathematics

ව්‍යුත්පන්න යෙදුම්

• applied mathematics
• astromathematics
• biomathematics
• discrete mathematics
• ethnomathematics
• fuzzy mathematics
• geomathematics
• iatromathematics
• math
• mathematese
• mathlete
• maths
• metamathematics
• physicomathematics
• pseudomathematics
• pure mathematics
• recreational mathematics
• reform mathematics
• reverse mathematics

ආශ්‍රිත යෙදුම්

• mathematical
• mathematically
• mathematician
• mathematicist

Descendants

• → Hawaiian: makemakika
• → මැලේ: matematik
• → ස්කොට්ස් ගේලික්: matamataig
• → වේල්ස: mathemateg

අමතර අවධානයට

• mathematics on විකිපීඩියාව.Wikipedia
• Definitions of mathematics on විකිපීඩියාව.Wikipedia
• polymath

වැඩිදුර් කියවීම සඳහා

• PlanetMath.Org Encyclopedia
• Mathematics using gifs
• Mathworld Encyclopedia