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   mathematics

   /ˌmaθ(ə)ˈmatɪks/

   plural

   • 1. the abstract science of number, quantity, and space, either as abstract concepts (pure mathematics), or as applied to other disciplines such as physics and engineering (applied mathematics): "a taste for mathematics"
   • ▪ the mathematical aspects of something: "James immerses himself in the mathematics of baseball"

   Word Origin late 16th century: plural of obsolete mathematic ‘mathematics’, from Old French mathematique, from Latin (ars) mathematica ‘mathematical (art)’, from Greek mathēmatikē (tekhnē), from the base of manthanein ‘learn’.

   Scrabble Points: 20

   • M

     3

   • A

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   • T

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   • H

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   • E

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   • M

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   • A

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   • T

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   • I

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   • C

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