geometry

Noun

Meaning

A treatise on this science.

That branch of mathematics which investigates the relations, properties, and measurement of solids, surfaces, lines, and angles; the science which treats of the properties and relations of magnitudes; the science of the relations of space.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

euclid math being form addition division algebra anatomy shape cast figure fashion arrangement mathematics configuration
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Antonyms

quintessence spirit soul decrease disorder disrupt
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Hypernyms

pure mathematics

Hyponyms

non-Euclidean geometry Euclidean geometry analytic geometry projective geometry plane geometry spherical geometry

Related terms

geometric geometrical geometer gematria

Phrases with the word

euclidian geometry lie sphere geometry exotic geometry convex geometry bolyai-lobachevskian geometry fourth-dimensional geometry

Derivatives

geometries

Examples

There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres. Pythagoras

There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry. Martin Gardner

Since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art. Albrecht Dürer

Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light. Claude Debussy

There is no royal road to geometry. Euclid

Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry. Gustave Flaubert

Close letter words and terms

geometroid geometrothermodynamic geometrothermodynamics geometry of fear geometry of numbers geometry shader