mathematical
adjective
math·e·mat·i·cal
ˌmath-ˈma-ti-kəl 
ˌma-thə-
variants
or less commonly mathematic
ˌmath-ˈma-tik
ˌma-thə-
1
: of, relating to, or according with mathematics
3
: possible but highly improbable
only a mathematical chance
Synonyms
Examples of mathematical in a Sentence
They recorded the changes with mathematical precision.
The team has only a mathematical chance of making the play-offs.
Recent Examples on the Web
The path forward comes upon the artist-in-waiting with the power of certain mathematical proofs, elegant, inevitable, at once simple and inscrutable.
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Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Using those values and the mathematical relationships among them, the system gradually develops a highly complex mathematical model of natural language, imagery or sound.
—Paul Sweeting, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
None of these models are close to being anything other than mathematical curiosities but the Warp Factory provides new ways to understand them and leads to new insights into their nature.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
But though engineers planning spacecraft missions have used a myriad of mathematical tools, in recent decades they’ve been daunted by the increasing abstraction of symplectic geometry.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Apr. 2024
Some people joked that purple laser zaps extraterrestrial creatures in the eye while others took a mathematical approach to their inference.
—Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
Research and mathematical modeling suggest that the length of these brood cycles could be attributed to predatory avoidance.
—The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2024
How Marathon Digital Makes Money Marathon Digital Holdings owns crypto-currency mining machines and a data center — totaling 210,000 mining rigs in 2023 — which the company uses to solve the complex mathematical problems required to create new bitcoins — a process known as mining.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
The mathematical intricacies behind AZDecrypt are intense—but just for reference, the codebreakers say their program can solve up to 200 homophonic substitution ciphers per second with a 99 percent accuracy rate.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2024
Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Using those values and the mathematical relationships among them, the system gradually develops a highly complex mathematical model of natural language, imagery or sound.
—Paul Sweeting, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
None of these models are close to being anything other than mathematical curiosities but the Warp Factory provides new ways to understand them and leads to new insights into their nature.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
But though engineers planning spacecraft missions have used a myriad of mathematical tools, in recent decades they’ve been daunted by the increasing abstraction of symplectic geometry.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Apr. 2024
Some people joked that purple laser zaps extraterrestrial creatures in the eye while others took a mathematical approach to their inference.
—Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
Research and mathematical modeling suggest that the length of these brood cycles could be attributed to predatory avoidance.
—The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2024
How Marathon Digital Makes Money Marathon Digital Holdings owns crypto-currency mining machines and a data center — totaling 210,000 mining rigs in 2023 — which the company uses to solve the complex mathematical problems required to create new bitcoins — a process known as mining.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
The mathematical intricacies behind AZDecrypt are intense—but just for reference, the codebreakers say their program can solve up to 200 homophonic substitution ciphers per second with a 99 percent accuracy rate.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Mathematical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mathematical. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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mathematical
adjective
math·e·mat·i·cal
ˌmath-ə-ˈmat-i-kəl
math-ˈmat-
1
: of, relating to, or according with mathematics
2
: very exact
mathematical precision
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