math

Etymology 1

table Clipping of mathematics.

noun

1. (uncountable, Canada, US, Philippines) Clipping of mathematics.
2. (uncountable, Canada, US, Philippines) 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, Philippines) A math course / class
   They needed to take two more maths in order to graduate.
   Did you take math today? / What did you do in math today?
   Then, I further worked myself into an A+ panic attack with the realization that on top of the algebra, I would have to take three more maths, from a choice of calculus, finite math, statistics, logic, or differential equation. 2010, Claude Regis Vargo, Beyond My Horizon, page 108

verb

1. (colloquial, informal) to perform mathematical calculations or mathematical analysis; to do math

Etymology 2

table From Middle English math, from Old English mǣþ (“a mowing, that which is mown, cutting of grass”), from Proto-Germanic *mēþą (“a mowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow”); equivalent to mow + -th. Cognate with German Mahd (“a mowing, reaping”), West Frisian mêd (“area of land that can be mown in one day; domain, realm”). Related also to Old English mǣd (“mead, meadow, pasture”). See meadow.

noun

1. A mowing; what is gathered from mowing.

Etymology 3

table Contraction of matha.

noun

1. (Hinduism, Jainism) Clipping of matha.