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APPLIED MATHEMATICS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The branches of mathematics that are involved in the study of the physical or biological or sociological world
Synonyms:
applied math; applied mathematics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("applied mathematics" is a kind of...):
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "applied mathematics"):
linear programming (a mathematical technique used in economics; finds the maximum or minimum of linear functions in many variables subject to constraints)
statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)
probability theory; theory of probability (the branch of applied mathematics that deals with probabilities)
