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mathematical
/ˌmæθəˈmætɪkəl/
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What does mathematical mean?
adjective
- Of, or relating to mathematics.
- (figuratively) Extremely precise and accurate, as though having the exactness of a mathematical equation.
- Possible but highly improbable.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌmæθəˈmætɪkəl/
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In its motion the earth’s satellite was insensibly nearing the zenith, the mathematical point which it ought to attain ninety-six hours later.
But still they did not come together, and the distance of five feet between them was maintained with an almost mathematical precision.
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The statements may help a teacher to a larger vision of the possible results to be effected by instruction in mathematical topics.
The road of reason, as we have said, seldom allows itself to be reduced to a mathematical line by principles and opinions.
It is not, in other words, a mere idle statement based on theory or guess-work, but a mathematical truth, taken from experience.