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English

Wikibooks

Alternative forms

• statisticks (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??t?st?ks/

Etymology 1

From German Statistik, from New Latin statisticum (“of the state”) and Italian statista (“statesman, politician”). Statistik introduced by Gottfried Achenwall (1749), originally designated the analysis of data about the state.

Noun

statistics (uncountable)

1. A discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data.
   • 1972, Leonard J. Savage, The Foundations of Statistics, Dover, page 1,

     As for statistics, the foundations include, on any interpretation of which I have ever heard, the foundations of probability, as controversial a subject as one could name. As in other sciences, controversies over the foundations of statistics reflect themselves to some extent in everyday practice, nut not nearly so catastrophically as one might imagine. […] It is hard to judge, however, to what extent the relative calm of modern statistics is due to its domination by a vigorous school relatively well agreed within itself about the foundations.

   • 2004, David C. LeBlanc, Statistics: Concepts and Applications for Science, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, page 61,

     The application of statistics in the process of science can be divided into three parts: (1) obtaining data (experiment and sampling design), (2) summarizing and describing data (exploratory data analysis, descriptive statistics), and (3) using data from samples and experiments to make estimates and test competing hypotheses about the universe (inferential statistics).

Usage notes

• Within mathematics, the term statistics usually refers to mathematical statistics.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of probability and statistics

Etymology 2

Noun

statistics pl (plural only)

1. A systematic collection of data on measurements or observations, often related to demographic information such as population counts, incomes, population counts at different ages, etc.
   • 1996, Ron C. Mittelhammer, Mathematical Statistics for Economics and Business, Springer, page 389,

     Sufficient statistics for a given estimation problem are a collection of statistics or, equivalently, a collection of functions of the random sample, that summarize or represent all of the information in a random sample that is useful for estimating any ${\displaystyle {\textbf {q}}(\!{\boldsymbol {\Theta }}\!)}$.

   Synonym: (informal) stats

Translations

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

statistics

1. plural of statistic

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English math, from Old English m?þ (“a mowing, that which is mown, cutting of grass”), from Proto-Germanic *m?þ? (“a mowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?meh?- (“to mow”); equivalent to mow +? -th. Cognate with German Mahd (“a mowing, reaping”). Related also to Old English m?d (“mead, meadow, pasture”). See meadow.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /mæ?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m???/
• Rhymes: -æ?, -???

Noun

math (plural maths)

1. A mowing; what is gathered from mowing.

   Hyponyms: aftermath, foremath, lattermath

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Contraction of mathematics.

Alternative forms

• maths (UK, Australia)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

math (countable and uncountable, plural maths)

1. (uncountable, Canada, US) Clipping of mathematics.
2. (uncountable, Canada, US) Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math).

   If you do the math, you'll see that it’s not such a bargain.

   $170 a month? That doesn’t sound right. Let me check your math.

3. (countable, Canada, US) A math course.

   They needed to take two more maths in order to graduate.

Hyponyms

• new math
• napkin math

Derived terms

• MathML

Related terms

• check the math
• do the math

Translations

Further reading

• mathematics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

math (third-person singular simple present maths, present participle mathing, simple past and past participle mathed)

1. (colloquial, informal) to do mathematical calculations

Etymology 3

Contraction of matha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?t/, /m??t/

Noun

math (plural maths)

1. (Hinduism, Jainism) Clipping of matha.

Anagrams

• THAM, Tham

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *matus, commonly understood as a euphemistic derivation from *matis (“good”), cf. Proto-Germanic *berô (“the brown one”), Proto-Slavic *medv?d? (“honey-eater”), Latvian l?cis (“stomper, pounder”). A cognate is apparently attested in the Gaulish personal name Matugenos if this means “born of a bear”, and a possibly related Celtiberian matus of uncertain meaning is also attested.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?/

Noun

math m (genitive matho)

1. bear

Inflection

Derived terms

• mathgamain

Mutation

References

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?/, /mah/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish maith, from Proto-Celtic *matis, from Proto-Indo-European *meh?-. Cognate with Welsh mad, Breton mad, Cornish mas. Compare Irish maith, Manx mie.

Adjective

math (genitive singular masculine maith, genitive singular feminine maithe, nominative plural matha, comparative fheàrr)

1. good

Declension

Synonyms

• deagh (slightly stronger)

Derived terms

• an ìre mhath (“almost”)
• cho math ri sin (“furthermore”)
• math dha-rìribh (“excellent; genuine”)
• 's math a rinn thu! (“well done!”)
• math fhèin (“excellent”)

Adverb

math

1. well

Antonyms

• dona
• olc
• droch

Derived terms

• a cheart cho math
• is math le

Noun

math m (genitive singular maith)

1. good
2. advantage, profit, use, utility

Derived terms

• math na bà

Etymology 2

From Old Irish maithid (“remits, excuses; pardons, forgives; remits, abates, withholds; gives up (claim to); renounces”), from maith (“good”).

Verb

math (past mhath, future mathaidh, verbal noun mathadh, past participle mathte)

1. forgive, excuse, pardon, condone, remit

Alternative forms

• (verb): maith

References

• “math” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “maith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “maithid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Welsh

Etymology

A variation on bath (“kind, sort”). For similar instances of alternation between b and m, see benyw and menyw, beiddio and meiddio, bainc and mainc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma??/

Noun

math m (plural mathau)

1. kind, sort, type

   Synonym: siort

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “math”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies