Geometry Definition

jē-ŏmĭ-trē
geometries
noun
The branch of mathematics that deals with points, lines, planes, and figures, and examines their properties, measurement, and mutual relations in space.
Webster's New World
A specific system of geometry.
Webster's New World
A book about geometry.
Webster's New World
A geometry restricted to a class of problems or objects.
Solid geometry.
American Heritage
Configuration; arrangement.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Geometry

Noun

Singular:
geometry
Plural:
geometries

Origin of Geometry

  • 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”).

    From Wiktionary

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

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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