- geometry as a noun:
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geometry
noun
1 geometry
The pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces.
Roget 85: numeration; numbering etc. v.; pagination; tale, recension†, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation†; calculation, calculus; algorithm, algorism†, rhabdology†, dactylonomy†; measurement etc. 466; statistics. arithmetic, analysis, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry, fluxions†; differential calculus, integral calculus, infinitesimal calculus; calculus of differences. [Statistics] dead reckoning, muster, poll, census, capitation, roll call, recapitulation; account etc. (list) 86. [Operations] notation, , addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots, reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation, interpolation, differentiation, integration. [Instruments] abacus, logometer†, slide rule, slipstick [Coll.], tallies, Napier's bones, calculating machine, difference engine, suan-pan†; adding machine; cash register; electronic calculator, calculator, computer; [people who calculate] arithmetician, calculator, abacist†, algebraist, mathematician; statistician, geometer; programmer; accountant, auditor. ... show more
Roget 466: measurement, admeasurement†, mensuration, survey, valuation, appraisement, assessment, assize; estimate, estimation; dead reckoning, reckoning etc. (numeration) 85; gauging etc. v.; horse power. metrology, weights and measures, compound arithmetic. measure, yard measure, standard, rule, foot rule, compass, calipers; gage, gauge; meter, line, rod, check; dividers; velo†. flood mark, high water mark; Plimsoll line; index etc. 550. scale; graduation, graduated scale; nonius†; vernier etc. (minuteness) 193. [instruments for measuring] bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, interferometer, odometer, ombrometer†, pantometer†, pluviometer†, pneumatometer†, pneumometer†, radiometer, refractometer, respirometer, rheometer, spirometer†, telemeter, udometer†, vacuometer†, variometer†, viameter†, thermometer, thermistor (heat) etc. 382, barometer (air) etc. 338, anemometer (wind) 349, dynamometer, goniometer, (angle) 244 meter; landmark etc. (limit) 233; balance, scale etc. (weight) 319; marigraph†, pneumatograph†, stethograph†; rain gauge, rain gage; voltmeter (volts), ammeter (amps); spectrophotometer (light absorbance); mass spectrophotometer (molecular mass); geiger counter, scintillation counter (radioactivity); pycnometer (liquid density); graduated cylinder, volumetric flask (volume); radar gun (velocity); radar (distance); side-looking radar, (shape, topography); sonar (depth in water); light meter (light intensity); clock, watch, stopwatch, chronometer (time); anemometer (wind velocity); densitometer (color intensity). measurability, computability, determinability†. coordinates, ordinate and abscissa, polar coordinates, latitude and longitude, declination and right ascension, altitude and azimuth. geometry, stereometry†, hypsometry†; metage†; surveying, land surveying; geodesy, geodetics†, geodesia†; orthometry†, altimetry†; cadastre [Fr.]. astrolabe, armillary sphere†. land surveyor; geometer. ... show more
is a specific kind of: pure mathematics.
is a broader term that covers: affine geometry | elementary geometry, Euclidean geometry, parabolic geometry | fractal geometry | non-Euclidean geometry | spherical geometry | analytic geometry, analytical geometry, coordinate geometry | plane geometry | solid geometry | descriptive geometry, projective geometry.
domain category: math, mathematics, maths.
domain member category: superposition | duality | plane section, section | pencil | conic, conic section | eccentricity | foursquare, square | angle of inclination, inclination | lemniscate | diagonal | translate | construct | inscribe | circumscribe | truncate | congruent | incongruent | normal | right ... show more.
derivation: geometer, geometrician | geometric, geometrical | geometric, geometrical.
Dutch: geometrie, meetkunde
Polish: geometria
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