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geometry

geo·metry

UK/d͡ʒiːˈɒm.ɪ.tɹi/ US/ˈd͡ʒɒm.ɪ.tɹi/ fairly common

noun

1.

the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces

Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • absolute geometry
  • affine differential geometry
  • affine geometry
  • algebraic geometry
  • anabelian geometry
  • analytic geometry
  • analytical geometry
  • arithmetic geometry

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