Stereometry

//stɛɹiːˈɒmətɹi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The science of measuring the volume of solids or solid bodies. archaic, uncountable

    "from measures known it is an easy matter to rectify weights, etc., to cast up all, and resolve bodies by algebra, stereometry."

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"from measures known it is an easy matter to rectify weights, etc., to cast up all, and resolve bodies by algebra, stereometry."

Etymology

From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek στερεομετρία (stereometría), from στερεός (stereós, “solid”).

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