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Etymology

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From mathematic +‎ -ize.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To render mathematical.
    • 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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