geometry

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English

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, “land measurer”), from γῆ (gê, “earth, land, country”) + -μετρία (-metría, “measurement”), from μέτρον (métron, “a measure”). By surface analysis, geo- +‎ -metry. Doublet of gematria.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiːˈɒm.ɪ.tɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒɒm.ɪ.tɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɑ.mə.tɹi/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiːˈɔm.ə.tɹi/

Noun

geometry (countable and uncountable, plural geometries)

1. (mathematics, uncountable) The branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships.
2. (mathematics, often qualified in combination, countable) 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.
   • 1975 [Addison-Wesley], Eugene F. Krause, Taxicab Geometry, 1986, Dover, page 64,

     Entire new geometries are also suggested by real-world cities.
3. (countable) The observed or specified spatial attributes of an object, etc.
4. (algebraic geometry, countable) A mathematical object comprising representations of a space and of its spatial relationships.

Holonyms

• mathematics

Derived terms

Related terms

• gematria
• geometer
• geometric
• geometrical

Translations

See also

• topology

References

Further reading

• geometry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “geometry”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “geometry”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Geometry on Encyclopedia of Mathematics.
• Geometry on Wolfram MathWorld.
• Geometry on Wikibooks.