mathとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• maths (British, Australia)

発音

• IPA^(key): /mæθ/
• Rhymes: -æθ

名詞

math (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 maths)

1. (uncountable, Canada, 米国用法, Philippines) Clipping of mathematics.
2. (uncountable, Canada, 米国用法, Philippines) Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math).

   If you do the math, you'll see that it’s not such a bargain.

   $170 a month? That doesn’t sound right. Let me check your math.

3. (countable, Canada, 米国用法, Philippines) A math course / class

   They needed to take two more maths in order to graduate.

   Did you take math today? / What did you do in math today?

   • 2010, Claude Regis Vargo, Beyond My Horizon, →ISBN, page 108:

     Then, I further worked myself into an A+ panic attack with the realization that on top of the algebra, I would have to take three more maths, from a choice of calculus, finite math, statistics, logic, or differential equation.

下位語

• new math
• napkin math

派生語

Further reading

• mathematics on Wikipedia.

動詞

math (三人称単数 現在形 maths, 現在分詞 mathing, 過去形および過去分詞形 mathed)

1. (colloquial, informal) to perform mathematical calculations or mathematical analysis; to do math

語源 2

From Middle English math, from 古期英語 mǣþ (“a mowing, that which is mown, cutting of grass”), from Proto-Germanic *mēþą (“a mowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow”); equivalent to mow +‎ -th. Cognate with German Mahd (“a mowing, reaping”), West Frisian mêd (“area of land that can be mown in one day; domain, realm”). Related also to 古期英語 mǣd (“mead, meadow, pasture”). See meadow.

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /mæθ/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /mɑːθ/
• Rhymes: -æθ, -ɑːθ

名詞

math (複数形 maths)

1. A mowing; what is gathered from mowing.

   Hyponyms: aftermath, foremath, lattermath

派生語

語源 3

Contraction of matha.

発音

• IPA^(key): /mʌt/, /mɑːt/

名詞

math (複数形 maths)

1. (Hinduism, Jainism) Clipping of matha.

アナグラム

• THAM, Tham