maths

[maths] Origin

maths

[maths]
noun (used with a singular or plural verb) Chiefly British.

Origin:
by shortening

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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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math

1[math]

Origin:
shortened form

math

2[math]
noun British Dialect.
1.
a mowing.
2.
the crop mowed.

Origin:
1575–85; probably back formation from aftermath; compare Old English mǣth; cognate with German Mahd

math

3[muhth]
noun
an order of Hindu monks.
Also, ma·tha [muhth-uh] .


Origin:
1825–35; < Sanskrit maṭha hut
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maths (mæθs)
 
n
informal (Brit) (functioning as singular) short for mathematics US and Canadian equivalent: math

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math
Amer.Eng. shortening of mathematics, 1890; the British preference, maths, is attested from 1911.
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maths
see math.
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