MATHEMATICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mathematical mean? 

• MATHEMATICAL (adjective)
  The adjective MATHEMATICAL has 5 senses:

1. of or pertaining to or of the nature of mathematics

2. relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers

3. beyond question

4. statistically possible though highly improbable

5. characterized by the exactness or precision of mathematics

  Familiarity information: MATHEMATICAL used as an adjective is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MATHEMATICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or of the nature of mathematics

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

mathematical proof

Pertainym:

mathematics (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Derivation:

mathematics (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers

Synonyms:

mathematical; numerical

Context example:

a mathematical whiz

Sense 3

Meaning:

Beyond question

Context example:

a mathematical certainty

Similar:

unquestionable (incapable of being questioned)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Statistically possible though highly improbable

Context example:

have a mathematical chance of making the playoffs

Similar:

possible (capable of happening or existing)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Characterized by the exactness or precision of mathematics

Context example:

mathematical precision

Similar:

exact (marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Derivation:

mathematics (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

 Context examples 

With this data and information on the children’s sesame-allergic status, the researchers developed a mathematical model for predicting the probability that a child with food allergy is allergic to sesame.

(17% of Food-Allergic Children Have Sesame Allergy, National Institutes of Health)

The study’s objective was to test whether mathematical modelling could be used to make practical recommendations for disease control.

(Researchers model ways to control deadly maize disease, SciDev.Net)

The authors of the report used a mathematical model, a robot, and young ostriches to test their hypotheses.

(Scientific study suggests dinosaurs flapped their wings as they ran, Wikinews)

Using the results from lab-based experiments, Davies Wykes and her colleagues built mathematical models to predict how temperature difference between inside and outside affects how well a room is ventilated.

(Wind more effective than cold air at cooling rooms naturally, University of Cambridge)

Researchers used a mathematical population genetic model to show how scenarios could play out to species' advantage.

(For species that mate for life, bonding behaviors provide advantages, National Science Foundation)

On February 20, July 27, and October 12, Jupiter and Neptune will make an exact mathematical aspect of great beauty, but you needn’t get too focused on these days.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Using mathematical models, researchers say they found “multiple harmful mutations” in the sample from Wrangel Island.

(Genetic ‘Mutational Meltdown’ Doomed Woolly Mammoths, VOA)

It utilizes a mathematical model, which attempts to predict the behavior of the system from a set of parameters and initial conditions.

(Computer Modeling, NCI Thesaurus)

A mathematical expression that results when e(=2.71828) is raised to it argument's power.

(Exponential Function, NCI Thesaurus)

The new program also will include animal model studies of population dynamics and population genetics of HIV, mathematical modeling of virus populations and evolution, and, ultimately, translation of the findings into drug development.

(HIV Drug Resistance Program, NCI Thesaurus)