geometry

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiːˈɒm.ɪ.tɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒɒm.ɪ.tɹi/ (General American) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈɑ.mə.tɹi/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiːˈɔm.ə.tɹi/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɔmɛʈri/, /dʒɪjo.mɛʈri/, /dʒɪˈjɔmɛʈri/ === Noun === geometry (countable and uncountable, plural geometries) (mathematics, uncountable) The branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships. (mathematics, often qualified in combination, countable) 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. 1975 [Addison-Wesley], Eugene F. Krause, Taxicab Geometry, 1986, Dover, page 64, Entire new geometries are also suggested by real-world cities. (countable) The observed or specified spatial attributes of an object, etc. (algebraic geometry, countable) A mathematical object comprising representations of a space and of its spatial relationships. ==== Holonyms ==== mathematics ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== gematria geometer geometric geometrical ==== Translations ==== === See also === topology === References === === Further reading === geometry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “geometry”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “geometry”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. Geometry on Encyclopedia of Mathematics. Geometry on Wolfram MathWorld. Geometry on Wikibooks.