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mathematically

mathematically

39 4.8
In a way that uses numbers and rules to show something is true
  • adverb
  • /ˌmæθəˈmætɪkli/
translation icon : matemáticamente
  • There's only one place in Santa Vittoria where it's mathematically possible to hide one million bottles.
  • mathematically correct
  • think mathematically
  • mathematically derived

Just I like you can work this out mathematically.

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Examples

  • The activities in this unit engaged mathematically gifted students and kept them excited about learning.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Schools need to make curricular changes to meet the needs of mathematically gifted students.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Is this mathematically the same as that?

  • But if there is hope mathematically for you to pass, it is possible.

  • We can help students think mathematically and apply such thinking to the world around them.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Creating a positive learning environment for mathematically gifted students is not easy.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The trouble was that, mathematically, the relationship between time and space presented a dilemma.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Methods 2 and 4 were selected as being simpler and mathematically cleaner.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Research shows that mathematically gifted students learn differently from their same-age group peers.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Teachers encourage students to think mathematically when solving complex problems.

How Statistical

econometrically
  • Specialized
9.1
statistically
92 4.3
mathematically
39 4.8

Surface Forms

mathematically positive

Morphology

mathematically = mathematical (transparent) = mathematics + al + ly

Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the clearly related adjective 'mathematical'.

Etymology

The word mathematically comes from mathematics, which comes from an old Greek word mathema meaning 'learning' or 'what you learn'. So to do something mathematically is to do it in the careful, exact way of math, following clear rules and logical steps.