applied mathematics

1. 1.

   the branches of mathematics that are involved in the study of the physical or biological or sociological world

   Synonymsapplied math

   Broadermathematics

   Narrowerlinear programmingstatisticsprobability theory

Questions about applied mathematics

What does applied mathematics mean?

applied mathematics means "the branches of mathematics that are involved in the study of the physical or biological or sociological world".

What is another word for applied mathematics?

Close synonyms include applied math. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is applied mathematics a common word?

applied mathematics is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.