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Geometry
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- 1 The branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships. uncountable
"ANY problem in geometry can easily be reduced to such terms that a knowledge of the lengths of certain straight lines is sufficient for its construction."
- 2 the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces wordnet
- 3 A mathematical system that deals with spatial relationships and that is built on a particular set of axioms; a subbranch of geometry which deals with such a system or systems. countable
"1975 [Addison-Wesley], Eugene F. Krause, Taxicab Geometry, 1986, Dover, page 64, Entire new geometries are also suggested by real-world cities."
- 4 The observed or specified spatial attributes of an object, etc. countable
"The inset of figure 1 shows the geometry of the samples. They are 4.6 mm long and 0.4 mm wide."
- 5 A mathematical object comprising representations of a space and of its spatial relationships. countable
Etymology
From Middle English gemetry, geometrie, from Old French geometrie (modern French géométrie), from Latin geōmetria, from Ancient Greek γεωμετρία (geōmetría, “geometry, land-survey”), from γεωμέτρης (geōmétrēs, “geometer, land measurer”), from γῆ (gê, “earth, land, country”) + -μετρία (-metría, “measurement”), from μέτρον (métron, “a measure”). By surface analysis, geometer + -y or geo- + -metry. Doublet of gematria.
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