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ge·om·e·try  (j-m-tr)

n. pl. ge·om·e·tries

1.

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.

2.

a. Configuration; arrangement.

b. A surface shape.

3. A physical arrangement suggesting geometric forms or lines.

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[Middle English geometrie, from Old French, from Latin gemetria, from Greek gemetri, from gemetrein, to measure land : ge-, geo- + metron, measure; see m-² in Indo-European roots.]

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ge·ome·trician (j-m-trshn, j-m-), ge·ome·ter n.

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geometer [dʒɪˈɒmɪtə], geometrician [dʒɪˌɒmɪˈtrɪʃən ˌdʒiːəʊmɪ-]

n

(Mathematics) a person who is practised in or who studies geometry

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geometer - a mathematician specializing in geometry geometrician mathematician - a person skilled in mathematics