mathematical
- 1Relating to mathematics or the study of numbers, shapes, and quantities.
The theorem rests on a rigorous mathematical proof.
Climate researchers rely on mathematical models to forecast long-term trends.
Similarnumerical, quantitative, computational
- 2Extremely precise and accurate, as if having the exactness of an equation.
The carpenter cut each joint with mathematical exactness.
The orchestra kept a mathematical evenness of tempo throughout the piece.
Similarprecise, exact, rigorous, meticulous, accurate
Oppositeimprecise, inexact, approximate
- 3Possible in principle but extremely unlikely to actually occur.
With one game left, their playoff hopes were a purely mathematical prospect.
Surviving such a fall unharmed remains a mathematical rather than a realistic outcome.
Similartheoretical, hypothetical, remote
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Origin
From Middle English mathematicalle or mathematical, which came from Medieval Latin mathēmaticālis.