Other definitions for math (2 of 4)

math2
[ math ]

nounBritish Dialect.
  1. a mowing; a leveling or cutting down of grass, grain, etc., with a mowing machine or scythe.

  2. the crop mowed.

Origin of math

2
First recorded before 900; Middle English (bede)-mad, a kind of manorial duty to mow for one's lord, Old English mǣth “mowing, hay harvest”; cognate with German Mahd,Old Frisian mēth, Old Saxon mād(dag) “mowing (day)”; cf. aftermath, mow1, mow2

Other definitions for math (3 of 4)

math3
[ muhth ]

noun
  1. a Hindu monastery.

Origin of math

3
First recorded in 1825–35; from Hindi maṭh, from Sanskrit maṭha “hut, cottage, cell, monastery”
  • Also ma·tha [muhth-uh]. /ˈmʌθ ə/.

Other definitions for math. (4 of 4)

math.

abbreviation
  1. mathematical.

  2. mathematician.

  1. mathematics.

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British Dictionary definitions for math (1 of 2)

math

/ (mæθ) /


noun
  1. US and Canadian informal short for mathematics Brit equivalent: maths

British Dictionary definitions for math. (2 of 2)

math.

/ US and Canadian /


abbreviation for
  1. mathematics

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