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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 ]
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;
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:
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 ]
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n. A philomath. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Physico- + mathematics. ] Mixed mathematics. [ 1913 Webster ]
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