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mathematically

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math·e·mat·i·cal  (mth-mt-kl) also math·e·mat·ic (-k)
adj.
1. Of or relating to mathematics.
2.
a. Precise; exact.
b. Absolute; certain.
3. Possible according to mathematics but highly improbable: The team has only a mathematical chance to win the championship.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin mathmaticlis, from Latin mathmaticus, from Greek mathmatikos, from mathma, mathmat-, science, learning, from manthanein, math-, to learn; see mendh- in Indo-European roots.]
mathe·mati·cal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.mathematically - with respect to mathematics; "mathematically impossible"
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mathematically [ˌmæθəˈmætɪkəlɪ] ADV → matemáticamente
mathematically
adv → mathematisch; possible, impossible, complicated → rechnerisch; mathematically speaking (= numerically speaking) → rein zahlenmäßig
mathematically [ˌmæθ/əˈmætɪk/əlɪ] adv → matematicamente
mathematically [ˌmæθ/əˈmætɪk/əlɪ] adv → matematicamente


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Mathematically speaking the thing is possible; but humanly speaking it is impossible--or afterwards--or afterwards--"
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context
He breakfasted and dined at the club, at hours mathematically fixed, in the same room, at the same table, never taking his meals with other members, much less bringing a guest with him; and went home at exactly midnight, only to retire at once to bed.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
All human actions will then, of course, be tabulated according to these laws, mathematically, like tables of logarithms up to 108,000, and entered in an index; or, better still, there would be published certain edifying works of the nature of encyclopaedic lexicons, in which everything will be so clearly calculated and explained that there will be no more incidents or adventures in the world.
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