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<entry>mathematics</entry>
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<phone>| ˌmaθ(ə)ˈmatɪks |</phone>
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<genre>plural noun</genre>
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<extra>[usually treated as singular]</extra>
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the abstract science of number, quantity, and space, either as abstract concepts (pure mathematics), or as applied to other disciplines such as physics and engineering (applied mathematics): <ex>a taste for mathematics.</ex>
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<li> <extra>[often treated as plural]</extra> the mathematical aspects of something: <ex>James immerses himself in the mathematics of baseball.</ex></li>
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<or>origin</or>
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mid 16th century: plural of obsolete <xe>mathematic</xe> ‘mathematics’, from Old French <xe>mathematique</xe>, from Latin <xe>(ars) mathematica ‘mathematical (art)’</xe>, from Greek <xe>mathēmatikē (epistēmē)</xe>, from the base of <xe>manthanein ‘learn’</xe>.
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<entry>artifice</entry>
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<phone>| ˈɑːtɪfɪs |</phone>
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<genre>noun</genre>
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<extra>[mass noun]</extra>
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clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others: <ex>an industry dominated by artifice</ex> | <extra>[count noun] : </extra> <ex>the style is not free from the artifices of the period.</ex>
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<or>origin</or>
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early 16th century (in the sense ‘workmanship’): from Anglo-Norman French, from Latin <xe>artificium</xe>, based on <xe>ars</xe>, <xe>art- ‘art’</xe> + <xe>facere</xe> ‘make’. Late Middle English has the form <xe>artificie</xe>, directly from Latin.
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