Definition of "mathesis" in Englisch

noun

1. (now rare) Mental calculation or discipline; science, especially mathematical learning.

2. The science of establishing a systematic order for things. (After Foucault.)

   • 1997, Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN I’m using 'mathesis' — a universal science of measurement and order […]