mathematicize

English

Etymology

From mathematic +‎ -ize.

Verb

mathematicize (third-person singular simple present mathematicizes, present participle mathematicizing, simple past and past participle mathematicized)

  1. (transitive) To render mathematical.
    Synonym: mathematize
    • 2007 January 7, George Johnson, “Dancing With the Stars”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      But that’s Dyson: as resistant to categorization as the universe his colleagues are trying to mathematicize. “
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