幾何
See also: 几何
Chinese edit
Etymology edit
- geometry
- First used in Xu Guangqi and Matteo Ricci's translation of Euclid's Elements in 1607. The method and origin of derivation is disputed.
Pronunciation 1 edit
how much; how many; several how much; how many; several; a few; almost |
carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which | ||
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trad. (幾何) | 幾 | 何 | |
simp. (几何) | 几 | 何 |
Adverb edit
幾何
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
幾何
- (mathematics) geometry [from 1607]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Pronunciation 2 edit
how much; how many; several how much; how many; several; a few; almost |
carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which | ||
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trad. (幾何) | 幾 | 何 | |
simp. (几何) | 几 | 何 | |
alternative forms | 幾好/几好 |
Adverb edit
幾何
- (Taishanese) how
- (Taishanese) why
Synonyms edit
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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幾 | 何 |
き Grade: S |
か Grade: 2 |
kan’on |
Shortening of 幾何学 (kikagaku, “geometry”).[1][2]
First attested in the early Meiji period, in a text from 1886.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- [1886] (mathematics, colloquial) Short for 幾何学 (kikagaku): geometry
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- 幾何異性 (kika isei)
- 幾何画法 (kika gahō)
- 幾何級数 (kika kyūsū, “geometric series, geometric progression”)
- 幾何原本 (Kika Genpon)
- 幾何光学 (kikakōgaku)
- 幾何公理 (kika kōri)
- 幾何数列 (kika sūretsu)
- 幾何中項 (kika chūkō)
- 幾何平均 (kika heikin)
- 幾何模様 (kika moyō)
- 位相幾何 (isō kika, “topology”)
- 代数幾何 (daisū kika, “algebraic geometry”)
- 直観幾何 (chokkan kika)
- 微分幾何 (bibun kika, “differential geometry”)
- ユークリッド幾何 (Yūkuriddo kika, “Euclidean geometry”)
- リーマン幾何 (Rīman kika, “Riemannian geometry”)
- 論証幾何 (ronshō kika)
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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幾 | 何 |
いく Grade: S |
ばく Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi | irregular |
For pronunciation and definitions of 幾何 – see the following entry. | ||||||
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(This term, 幾何, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Usage notes edit
The kanji spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 幾何/几何 (jǐhé).
References edit
Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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幾 | 何 |
Adjective edit
幾何