n.
Pronunciation: ˌ math- ' ma-tiks, ˌ ma-th ə -
Function: noun plural but usually singular in construction
Date: 1573
1 : the science of numbers and their operations, interrelations, combinations, generalizations, and abstractions and of space configurations and their structure, measurement, transformations, and generalizations
2 : a branch of, operation in, or use of mathematics <the mathematics of physical chemistry>