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語源 1

Contraction of mathematics.

別の表記

• math (North America)
• mathematics

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: măths IPA: /mæθs/
• (Indic) IPA: /maks/, Homophone: max
• (Nigerian English) IPA: /mæs/, Homophone: mass
• (Singapore, Malaysia) IPA: /mɛts/
• 韻: -æθs

名詞

maths (uncountable)

1. (Commonwealth, rarely Canada) Clipping of mathematics.
   • 1980 August 21, “Girls can do maths as well as boys”, in New Scientist, page 586:

     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.

   • 2004, Miraca U.M. Gross, Exceptionally Gifted Children, page 229:

     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.

   • 2011, Clifford Matthews, IMechE Engineers′ Databook, 4th edition, John Wiley & Sons, page 40:

     Most people who are forced to use maths have little idea what it is really about.

派生語

• applied maths

語源 2

名詞

maths

1. plural of math

動詞

maths

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of math

参照

アナグラム

• Thams, Smath