Stereometry
//stɛɹiːˈɒmətɹi// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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