Mathematical

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ËŒmæθəˈmætɪkÉ™l/

Full definition of mathematical

Adjective

1. Of, or relating to mathematics
• a mathematical problem
• 1897, Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved...he looked up the uninteresting left road to the fortifications. It was new, long, white, regular, tapering to a vanishing point, like a lesson in perspective. ... Smaller and smaller she waned up the rigid mathematical road, still gazing at the soldier aloft, as Pierston gazed at her.
• 1961, Henry Semat, Fundamentals of PHYSICSAlthough Galileo had designed a pendulum clock, he never actually constructed one. The first pendulum clock was constructed by the Dutch physicist Christian Huygens (1629–1695) in 1657. He also developed the mathematical theory of the pendulum. Newton also studied the motion of a pendulum and experimented with pendulums made of different materials and of different lengths.
• 2013, Sarah Glaz, Ode to Prime Numbers, Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.
2. Possible but highly improbable
   The team has a mathematical chance of being promoted, but they need to win the next seven matches.