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math

noun

ˈmath

Definition of math

as in arithmetic

the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value I did the math, and we can't afford to keep spending like this

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Recent Examples of math Economists say the administration’s math does not properly account for those fuel costs. — John Paul Helveston, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026 So a benchmark for a large language model today, like GPT-6 Astra or Claude Fable, might test an ability to solve difficult math problems or find security bugs in software. — Quanta Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026 Gemini took 10 seconds and missed an order entirely, capturing only two of my three Uber Eats receipts and rendering its math incorrect. — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026 For others, the math is grimmer with student debt, an unforgiving housing market, fewer social safety nets and the enduring financial penalties of having children. — Grace Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for math

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Solving a memory problem One particularly notable result concerns modular inversion, a mathematical operation used in elliptic-curve arithmetic.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Swagel cautioned against doing arithmetic on the fly but offered some back-of-the-envelope numbers.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

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