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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ge·om·e·try (plural -tries) ETYMOLOGY Middle English geometrie, from Anglo-French, from Latin geometria, from Greek geōmetria, from geōmetrein to measure the earth, from geō- ge- + metron measure — more at measure DATE 14th century 1. a. a branch of mathematics that deals with the measurement, properties, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids; broadly : the study of properties of given elements that remain invariant under specified transformations b. a particular type or system of geometry 2. a. configuration b. surface shape 3. an arrangement of objects or parts that suggests geometric figures English Etymology geometry early 14c., from O.Fr . géométrie, from L. geometria, from Gk.geometria "measurement of earth or land, geometry," from ge"earth, land" + -metria, from metrein "to measure."http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 geometry geom·etry / dVi5CmEtri; NAmE -5B:m- / noun1. [U] the branch of mathematics that deals with the measurements and relationships of lines, angles, surfaces and solids 几何(学) 2. [sing.] the measurements and relationships of lines, angles, etc. in a particular object or shape 几何形状；几何图形；几何结构: the geometry of a spider's web 蜘蛛网的几何形状 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English geometry noun ADJ. algebraic, co-ordinate, differential, fractal, solid, three-dimensional | Euclidean | basic | internal, local | sacred Pre-Christian sacred geometry was incorporated into church architecture. • Note at SUBJECT (for verbs and nouns) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: line geometry , or metric geometry , or parabolic geometry , or plane geometry , or projective geometry , or riemannian geometry , or solid geometry , or spherical geometry , or synthetic geometry , or coordinate geometry , or algebraic geometry , or descriptive geometry , or differential geometry , or elementary geometry , or elliptic geometry, or euclidean geometry , or analytic geometry , or hyperbolic geometry ge·om·e·try \jēˈämə.trē, -ri also ÷ˈjäm-\ noun (-es) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English geometrie, from Middle French, from Latin geometria, from Greek geōmetria, from geōmetrein to measure or survey the earth (from geō- ge- + metrein to measure, from metron measure) + -ia -y — more at measure 1. a. : a branch of mathematics that deals with the measurement, properties, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids b. : a particular type or system of geometry c. : a treatise on geometry 2. a. : configuration < geometry of an automotive steering linkage > < geometry of an optical system > b. : surface shape (as of a mechanical part or a crystal) 3. : an arrangement of objects or parts that suggests geometrical figures or outlines < the picturesque geometry of spars, masts, ropes, pulleys, and all the busy trappings of a Vineyard fisherman — Samuel Chamberlain > < what is of interest to musicians in “Wozzeck” is its geometry, its contrapuntal plan, its structure — Robert Craft > |
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