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n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; self + &unr_;, &unr_;, to learn. ] One who is self-taught. [ R. ] Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Teaching what is useful. “A chrestomathic school.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; useful + &unr_;, &unr_;, to learn. ] A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. droma`s running + qhri`on beast. See Dromedary. ] (Paleon.) A small extinct triassic mammal from North Carolina, the earliest yet found in America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. a"i^ma blood + &unr_; warm.] (Zool.) A warm-blooded animal. [R.] [1913 Webster]

a. (Zool.) Warm-blooded; hematothermal. [ R ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to iatromathematicians or their doctrine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; physician + E. mathematician. ] (Hist. Med.) One of a school of physicians in Italy, about the middle of the 17th century, who tried to apply the laws of mechanics and mathematics to the human body, and hence were eager student of anatomy; -- opposed to the iatrochemists. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of an Islamic sect founded in the ninth century by Karmat. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. pl.; sing. Klamath (Ethnol.) A collective name for the Indians of several tribes formerly living along the Klamath river, in California and Oregon, but now restricted to a reservation at Klamath Lake; -- called also Clamets and Hamati. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Aftermath. ] The latter, or second, mowing; the aftermath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. m&aemacr_;ð; akin to māwan to mow, G. mahd math. See Mow to cut (grass). ] A mowing, or that which is gathered by mowing; -- chiefly used in composition; as, an aftermath. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The first mowing thereof, for the king's use, is wont to be sooner than the common math. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. mathématique, L. mathematicus, Gr. &unr_; disposed to learn, belonging to learning or the sciences, especially to mathematics, fr. &unr_; that which is learned, learning, pl. &unr_; things learned, learning, science, especially mathematical science, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, to learn; akin to E. mind. See Mind. ] See Mathematical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Mathematic. ] Of or pertaining to mathematics; according to mathematics; hence, theoretically precise; accurate; as, mathematical geography; mathematical instruments; mathematical exactness. -- Math`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. mathématicien. ] One versed in mathematics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mathématiques, pl., L. mathematica, sing., Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;) science. See Mathematic, and -ics. ] That science, or class of sciences, which treats of the exact relations existing between quantities or magnitudes, and of the methods by which, in accordance with these relations, quantities sought are deducible from other quantities known or supposed; the science of spatial and quantitative relations. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Mathematics embraces three departments, namely: 1. Arithmetic. 2. Geometry, including Trigonometry and Conic Sections. 3. Analysis, in which letters are used, including Algebra, Analytical Geometry, and Calculus. Each of these divisions is divided into pure or abstract, which considers magnitude or quantity abstractly, without relation to matter; and mixed or applied, which treats of magnitude as subsisting in material bodies, and is consequently interwoven with physical considerations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Madder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Perh. corrupted fr. L. anthemis camomile, Gr. &unr_; . ] (Bot.) The mayweed. Cf. Maghet. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_;, &unr_;, to learn. ] Learning; especially, mathematics. [ R. ] Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (R. C. Ch.) See Trinitarian. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖, prop. n. pl. [ NL. See Nemato-, and Helminthes. ] (Zool.) An order of helminths, including the Nematoidea and Gordiacea; the roundworms. [ Written also Nematelminthea. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Nemathecia [ NL., fr. Gr. nh^ma a thread + &unr_; a box. ] (Bot.) A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red algae, consisting of an external mass of filaments at length separating into tetraspores. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Education late in life. [ R. ] Hales. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fa`rmakon a drug + manqa`nein to learn. ] See Pharmacognosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. filomaqh`s; fi`los loving, a friend + ma`qh learning, fr. maqei^n, manqa`nein, to learn. ] A lover of learning; a scholar. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A philomath. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. philomathique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to philomathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having love of learning or letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. filomaqi`a, filoma`qeia. ] The love of learning or letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Physico- + mathematics. ] Mixed mathematics. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. polymathique. See Polymathy. ] Pertaining to polymathy; acquainted with many branches of learning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in many sciences; a person of various learning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; poly`s much + &unr_;, &unr_;, to learn. ] The knowledge of many arts and sciences; variety of learning. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]