math English · revision 5099

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=clipping|attested=1890|origins=en mathematics}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /mæθ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a shortening of [[mathematics]], American English.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Mathematics: 1890 in the OED and Etymonline, about 1847 in MWU.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The British preference, ''maths'', is attested from 1911.^(Etymonline) The OED notes that in Britain math. is used as an abbreviation in writing but not in speech, where the normal form is maths.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1847 – first known use.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1890 – math.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1911 – British ''maths''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(chiefly North American)'' [[mathematics]].^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mathematics]]

+ * [[maths]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Another word math, “a mowing”, from Old English mǣþ, is obsolete except in dialect and in [[aftermath]];^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)^(Wright 1898) it is related to [[mow]] and [[meadow]].^(Klein 1966) A third, from Hindi maṭh, is a Hindu monastery, from 1828.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==References==

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