"mathematical" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌmæθəˈmætɪkəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌmæθəˈmætɪkəl/ (note: General American, weak vowel distinction), /ˌmæθəˈmætəkəl/ (note: weak vowel merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mathematical.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more mathematical [comparative], most mathematical [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English mathematicalle, mathematical, from Medieval Latin mathēmaticālis. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mathematicalle}} Middle English mathematicalle, {{m|enm|mathematical}} mathematical, {{der|en|ML.|mathēmaticālis}} Medieval Latin mathēmaticālis Head templates: {{en-adj}} mathematical (comparative more mathematical, superlative most mathematical)
  1. Of, or relating to mathematics Translations (of, or relating to mathematics): μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós) (Ancient Greek), رِيَاضِيّ (riyāḍiyy) (Arabic), մաթեմատիկական (matʻematikakan) (Armenian), matemáticu (Asturian), матэматы́чны (matematýčny) (Belarusian), математически (matematičeski) (Bulgarian), matemàtic (Catalan), mathematigel (Cornish), matematicu (Corsican), matematický (Czech), matematisk (Danish), wiskundig (Dutch), matematika (Esperanto), matemaattinen (Finnish), mathématique (French), matematic (Friulian), მათემატიკური (matemaṭiḳuri) (Georgian), mathematisch (German), מָתֵמָטִי (matematí) (Hebrew), matematikai (Hungarian), stærðfræðilegur (Icelandic), matematikala (Ido), matamaiticiúil (Irish), matematico (Italian), математикалық (matematikalyq) (Kazakh), mathēmaticus (Latin), mathēmaticālis (Latin), matemātisks (Latvian), matematinis (Lithuanian), математички (matematički) (Macedonian), matematiku (Maltese), mathematical (Middle English), matematisk (Norwegian Bokmål), matematisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), matematic (Occitan), matematyczny (Polish), matemático (Portuguese), matematic (Romanian), математи́ческий (matematíčeskij) (Russian), matamataigeach (Scottish Gaelic), matematický (Slovak), matematični (Slovene), matemático (Spanish), matematisk (Swedish), sipnayin (Tagalog), sipnayanin (Tagalog), matematiksel (Turkish), математи́чний (matematýčnyj) (Ukrainian), matematik (Volapük), mathemategol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-mathematical-en-adj-EweWzukT Disambiguation of 'of, or relating to mathematics': 99 0 1
  2. (figuratively) Extremely precise and accurate, as though having the exactness of a mathematical equation. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-mathematical-en-adj-TkS0JAyX Disambiguation of Mathematics: 26 41 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 91 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 83 9
  3. Possible but highly improbable Translations (possible but highly improbable): theoretisch (Dutch), teoreettinen (Finnish), rechnerisch (German), teoretisk (Norwegian), matematisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-mathematical-en-adj-PoXtfuxo Disambiguation of 'possible but highly improbable': 1 3 96
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