geometry

CEFRB2

/d͡ʒiːˈɒm.ɪ.tɹi/

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The study of shapes, lines, angles, and measurements.
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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.

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Geometry, about which I know nothing, seems like a very dull subject.
This chapter will focus on the concepts of geometry.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5

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/ˈd͡ʒɒm.ɪ.tɹi/

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Extra meanings

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

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1975 [Addison-Wesley], Eugene F. Krause, Taxicab Geometry, 1986, Dover, page 64, Entire new geometries are also suggested by real-world cities.
Finite geometries were developed in the late nineteenth century, in part to demonstrate and test the axiomatic properties of completeness, consistency, and independence.
ANY problem in geometry can easily be reduced to such terms that a knowledge of the lengths of certain straight lines is sufficient for its construction.

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ANY problem in geometry can easily be reduced to such terms that a knowledge of the lengths of certain straight lines is sufficient for its construction.
1925, René Descartes, “The Geometry of Rene Descartes”, in David Eugene Smith, Marcia Latham, transl., [1637, La Géométrie], Cosimo Classics, published 2007, page 2
Finite geometries were developed in the late nineteenth century, in part to demonstrate and test the axiomatic properties of completeness, consistency, and independence.
2004, Judith Cederberg, A Course in Modern Geometries, Springer, page 1
Previous theorists have often tried to test whether visual space is best described by a small set of traditional geometries, such as the Euclidean geometry most of us studied in High School or the hyperbolic and spherical geometries introduced by 19ᵗʰ-century mathematicians.
2006, Mark Wagner, The Geometries of Visual Space, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, page ix
The inset of figure 1 shows the geometry of the samples. They are 4.6 mm long and 0.4 mm wide.
1990, M. E. Cage, D. Y. Yu, G. Marullo Reedtz, “Observation and an Explanation of Breakdown of the Quantum Hall Effect”, in Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, volume 95, number 1
Also, certain SCSI controllers need to be told where to find drive geometry in order for Linux to recognize the layout of your drive.
2003, Matt Welsh, Running Linux, page 74

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Origin

noun

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.

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