geometry

Meaning

Noun

  • The branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships.
  • 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.
  • The observed or specified spatial attributes of an object, etc.
  • A mathematical object comprising representations of a space and of its spatial relationships.

Origin

  • :From Old French géométrie, from Latin geometria, from Ancient Greek γεωμετρία ("geometry, land-survey"), from γεωμέτρης, from γῆ + -μετρία, from μέτρον.
  • gematria.

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