From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmathematicalmath‧e‧mat‧i‧cal /ˌmæθəˈmætɪkəl◂/ ●●○ adjective 1 HMrelating to or using mathematicsmathematical equation/calculation/formula etc mathematical analysis the development of mathematical skills a mathematical genius2 CAREFUL[only before noun] calculating things in a careful exact way The whole trip was planned with mathematical precision.3 → mathematical certainty4 → a mathematical chance (of something) —mathematically /-kli/ adverb
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mathematical• Possibly not, but that is the rigorous mathematical answer to your question.• mathematical calculations• This is likely to result in over-simple mathematical descriptions with poor correlations.• The mathematical experiences involved may be explored in talk with the teacher afterwards.• Luther met Predestination as revealed truth: Calvin treated it as a mathematical formula and deduced the results.• a mathematical formula• Many of the mathematical ideas connected with them are described in chapter 5 Water.• An associated mathematical model { 81 } can reproduce the periodic but not the chaotic regime.• Consequently, this view is frequently referred to as mathematical Platonism.• I believed their arguments on physical grounds, but I did not like the mathematical way in which they calculated the emission.mathematical equation/calculation/formula etc• Rabin's method uses a stream of randomly generated characters that can be decoded with a mathematical formula.• That world evolves in a clear and deterministic way, being governed by precisely formulated mathematical equations.• Luther met Predestination as revealed truth: Calvin treated it as a mathematical formula and deduced the results.• The mathematical calculations are not easy, but the concepts are relatively familiar.• Solving all the necessary mathematical equations on paper is next to impossible.• Cowan set up a mathematical equation that represented the neural activity, and built lateral inhibition into it.• You can use this function to accept and evaluate an expression, such as a mathematical equation, whilst the program is running.• Another use would be in a graph plotting program to accept the mathematical equation you wished to plot. 