geometry

ge·om·e·try

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The definition of geometry is a branch of math that focuses on the measurement and relationship of lines, angles, surfaces, solids and points.

An example of geometry is the calculation of a triangle's angles.

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geometry

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pl. -·tries

the branch of mathematics that deals with points, lines, planes, and figures, and examines their properties, measurement, and mutual relations in space
a book about geometry
a specific system of geometry

Origin of geometry

Middle English geometrie from Old French from Classical Latin geometria from Classical Greek ge?metria from ge?metrein, to measure the earth from g?, earth + metria, measurement from metrein, to measure: for Indo-European base, see meter

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geometry

noun

pl. ge·om·e·tries

a. The mathematics of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids.
b. A system of geometry: Euclidean geometry.
c. A geometry restricted to a class of problems or objects: solid geometry.
d. A book on geometry.
a. Configuration; arrangement.
b. A surface shape.
A physical arrangement suggesting geometric forms or lines.

Origin of geometry

Middle English geometrie from Old French from Latin geōmetria from Greek geōmetriā from geōmetrein to measure land geō- geo- metron measure ; see mē-² in Indo-European roots.

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The mathematical study of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, planes, surfaces, angles, and solids.

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural geometries)

(mathematics, uncountable) the branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships
(mathematics, countable) a type of geometry with particular properties
spherical geometry
(countable) the spatial attributes of an object, etc.

Origin

From Old French géométrie, from Latin geometria, from Ancient Greek γεωμετρία (geometría, “geometry, land-survey”), from γεωμετρέω (geometréo, “to practice or to profess geometry, to measure, to survey land”), back-formation from γεωμέτρης (geométrēs, “land measurer”), from γῆ (gē, “earth, land, country”) + μετρέω (metréō, “to measure, to count”) or -μετρία (-metria, “measurement”), from μέτρον (metron, “a measure”).

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