The branch which investigates and demonstrates the properties of magnitude, figure, or quantity, absolutely and generally considered, without restriction to any species in particular; such as arithmetic and geometry.
·adj An abstract term. II. Abstract ·adj Withdraw; separate. III. Abstract ·adj Abstracted; absent...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun That science, or class of sciences, which treats of the exact relations existing between quant...
The science which treats of every kind of quantity that can be numbered or measured. ...
·noun Mixed mathematics. ...
Pure mathematics when applied to practical subjects, as astronomy, optics, hydrography, gunnery, eng...