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mathematician

/ˌmæθəməˈtɪʃn/noun

उच्चारण मैथमटिशन

गणितज्ञ

Core word

noun
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    a person who is an expert in mathematics

    गणितज्ञ

    • Srinivasa Ramanujan was a brilliant mathematician.
    • Radhika wants to become a mathematician and teach at a university.
    • The mathematician spent years trying to prove the theory.
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    • Aryabhata was an ancient Indian mathematician and astronomer.
    • A young mathematician from Kolkata won the national prize.
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a mathematician (countable noun)

A mathematician is a person who is an expert in mathematics. It takes an article and is stressed on the third syllable.

Mathematician गणित का विशेषज्ञ व्यक्ति है। इसके साथ article आता है और stress तीसरे syllable पर पड़ता है।

  • Aryabhata was a great Indian mathematician.
  • Radhika wants to become a mathematician.

mathematician + noun / adjective + mathematician

Describe the quality of the person with an adjective before the noun: brilliant, applied, pure, self-taught.

व्यक्ति की योग्यता बताने के लिए noun के पहले adjective लगाएँ: brilliant, applied, pure, self-taught।

  • Ramanujan was a self-taught mathematician.
  • A pure mathematician studies ideas, not their uses.

mathematician of / from + place or period

To place a mathematician, use of or from with a country, city or period.

गणितज्ञ का स्थान या काल बताने के लिए देश, शहर या समय के साथ 'of' या 'from' का प्रयोग होता है।

  • Brahmagupta was a mathematician of the seventh century.
  • She is a mathematician from Kolkata.

mathematician vs. mathematics vs. mathematical

These three come from the same root but are different parts of speech: mathematician is a person, mathematics is the subject, and mathematical is the adjective.

तीनों शब्द एक ही मूल से बने हैं पर अलग parts of speech हैं: mathematician व्यक्ति है, mathematics विषय है और mathematical adjective है।

  • The mathematician wrote a mathematical proof for a problem in mathematics.
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adjective + mathematician

brilliantfamousancientself-taughtapplied

  • The ancient mathematician found a rule for zero.

verb + mathematician

train asbecomework asconsulthonour

  • She trained as a mathematician before joining the bank.

mathematician + verb

provesolvediscoverpublishcalculate

  • The mathematician proved the theorem after ten years.

mathematician and + noun

and astronomerand physicistand teacherand philosopher

  • Bhaskara was a mathematician and astronomer.

mathematician + prepositions

of the yearby trainingby professionin the making

  • At twelve, he was already a mathematician in the making.
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  • Shakuntala Devi was known as the human computer because she was a mathematician with a remarkable memory.

शकुंतला देवी को मानव कंप्यूटर कहा जाता था क्योंकि वे अद्भुत स्मृति वाली गणितज्ञ थीं।

  • The mathematician explained the proof on the blackboard step by step.

गणितज्ञ ने श्यामपट्ट पर प्रमाण को चरण-दर-चरण समझाया।

  • Many insurance companies employ a mathematician to estimate risk.

कई बीमा कंपनियाँ जोखिम का अनुमान लगाने के लिए गणितज्ञ रखती हैं।

  • My uncle is an engineer, but he thinks like a mathematician.

मेरे चाचा इंजीनियर हैं, पर वे गणितज्ञ की तरह सोचते हैं।

  • A young mathematician from our district won a national prize.

हमारे ज़िले के एक युवा गणितज्ञ ने राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार जीता।

  • Radhika read a biography of the mathematician Aryabhata for her history project.

राधिका ने इतिहास परियोजना के लिए गणितज्ञ आर्यभट की जीवनी पढ़ी।

  • A mathematician does not always work with large numbers; many work with patterns and shapes.

गणितज्ञ हमेशा बड़ी संख्याओं के साथ काम नहीं करता; कई लोग पैटर्न और आकृतियों के साथ काम करते हैं।

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General knowledge

National Mathematics Day is celebrated in India on 22 December, the birthday of the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.

भारत में National Mathematics Day 22 December को मनाया जाता है, जो गणितज्ञ Srinivasa Ramanujan का जन्मदिन है।