ilmu pasti

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Compound of ilmu (“science”) +‎ pasti (“sure, certain”), calque of Dutch wiskunde (“mathematics”, literally “art of what is known”) and Dutch exacte wetenschap. Sense of exact science is reinforced by semantic loan from English exact science. Sense of mathematics was displaced by matematika. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɪlmu ˈpasti] === Noun === ilmu pasti (plural ilmu-ilmu pasti) (archaic) mathematics Synonym: (Indonesian) matematika Kesarjanaan al - Biruni terutama sekali dijuruskan untuk matematika (ilmu pasti).... ― Al-Biruni scholarship was in mathematics.... (colloquial) exact science Synonyms: eksakta, ilmu eksakta ==== Synonyms ==== (mathematics): matematik (Standard Malay) === Further reading === “ilmu pasti”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016