new math: Meaning and Definition of

new' math'

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a unified, sequential system of teaching arithmetic and mathematics in accord with set theory so as to reveal basic concepts: used in some U.S. schools, esp. in the 1960s and 1970s. Also called
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