geometry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships.
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.
The observed or specified spatial attributes of an object, etc.
A mathematical object comprising representations of a space and of its spatial relationships.

Pronunciation

/d͡ʒiːˈɒm.ɪ.tɹi/ /ˈd͡ʒɒm.ɪ.tɹi/ /d͡ʒiˈɑ.mə.tɹi/ En-us-geometry.ogg /d͡ʒiːˈɔm.ə.tɹi/ /ˈdʒɔmɛʈri/ /dʒɪjo.mɛʈri/ /dʒɪˈjɔmɛʈri/

Word forms

geometry geometries

Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-) Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek -μετρίᾱ (-metríā) Ancient Greek γεωμετρῐ́ᾱ (geōmetrĭ́ā)der. Latin geōmetriader. Old French geometriebor. Middle English gemetry English geometry 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.

Related words

Derived words

absolute geometry affine differential geometry affine geometry algebraic geometry anabelian geometry analytical geometry analytic geometry arithmetic geometry astrogeometry birational geometry chronogeometry combinatorial geometry complex geometry computational geometry conformal geometry contact geometry descriptive geometry differential geometry diophantine geometry elementary geometry elliptic geometry Euclidean geometry finite geometry fractal geometry geoband geoboard geometrician geometrist geometrize geometrodynamics geometrogenesis geometrography geometrylike geometry of fear geometry of numbers geometry shader heptageometry hyperbolic geometry hypergeometry imaginary geometry inversive geometry Kerr geometry Klein geometry macrogeometry metageometry microgeometry morphogeometry nanogeometry neurogeometry noncommutative geometry noneuclidean geometry non-Euclidean geometry ophthalmogeometry pangeometry plane geometry pregeometry projective geometry Riemannian geometry sacred geometry spherical geometry

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