Meanings
math rock1
- uncountableA rhythmically complex, often guitar-based style of experimental rock music that emerged in the late 1990s.
Math rock albums have been colored by many other influences, ranging from world music to avant-garde jazz.
2013, Kevin Holm-Hudson, Progressive Rock Reconsidered, Routledge, →ISBN, page 257
math rock2
plural math rocks
- humorousA die, especially one used in a TTRPG.
Math Rocks Go Click-Clack
2025, Susan Haarman, Education and Analog Role-Playing Games3 more examples
Reaching in I pulled out another handful of dice and chucked them at the two with shortswords who had started to rush in towards me. The unexpected assault of math rocks managed to only buy me a few seconds, but that was all I needed as I quickly withdrew my knife again, dropping the bag to the ground, and rushed towards the priest closest who still had a crossbow.
Alice Nash, VBOD - Villainous - Book One: Denial[…] shiny math rocks came up with a low number.
2024, Aron Christensen, Erica Lindquist, Loaded Dice: Books 4-6[…] shiny math rocks that determine the outcomes of character actions.
2025, Susan Haarman, Education and Analog Role-Playing Games
Origin
math rock · noun
math + rock (“musical genre”). Math rock often uses unusual time signatures and polyrhythms, leading to jokes that playing the music requires significant mathematical calculations.
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