mathematicize

English

Etymology

From mathematic +‎ -ize.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To render mathematical.

   Synonym: mathematize

   • 2007 January 7, George Johnson, “Dancing With the Stars”, in The New York Times Book Review‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 October 2025:

     But that’s Dyson: as resistant to categorization as the universe his colleagues are trying to mathematicize. “