Mental calculation or discipline; science, especially mathematical learning.
The science of establishing a systematicorder for things. (After Foucault.)
Origin
From Anglo-Norman mathesis, Middle French mathesie, and their source, Late Latin mathesis ("astrology, liberal arts, science"), from Ancient Greek μάθησις ("learning"), from the same base as μανθάνω.
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