geometry
Pronunciation: /d͡ʒiːˈɒm.ɪ.tɹi/
The English word “geometry” has 4 meanings listed here.
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.
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, “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.…
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