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
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.
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As something that could never be reached, infinity could never be treated as a proper mathematical object, most believed.
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Indeed, the sporophytes likely could have survived much longer in the final frontier — 5,600 days or so, according to a mathematical model the researchers developed.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Nov. 2025
In 2023, a mathematician named Anton Bernshteyn published a deep and surprising connection between the remote mathematical frontier of descriptive set theory and modern computer science.
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To counter that challenge, Quiroz and William Watkins, a physics graduate student at Johns Hopkins, turned to symmetry, a mathematical property that helps simplify complex structures.
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Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
Indeed, the sporophytes likely could have survived much longer in the final frontier — 5,600 days or so, according to a mathematical model the researchers developed.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Nov. 2025
In 2023, a mathematician named Anton Bernshteyn published a deep and surprising connection between the remote mathematical frontier of descriptive set theory and modern computer science.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
To counter that challenge, Quiroz and William Watkins, a physics graduate student at Johns Hopkins, turned to symmetry, a mathematical property that helps simplify complex structures.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Nov. 2025
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“Mathematical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mathematical. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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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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