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maths

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'study' is the definition.
(maths is a kind of study)

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(Other definitions for maths that I've seen before include "18 across subject" , "The science of number, quantity and space" , "subject, in short" , "Numbers subject" , "Study of numbers and sums" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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