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Etymology

From Ancient Greek γεωμετρία (geometría, “geometry, land-survey”), from γεωμετρέω (geometréo, “to practice or to profess geometry, to measure, to survey land”), back-formation from γεωμέτρης (geométrēs, “land measurer”), from γῆ (gē, “earth, land, country”) + μετρέω (metréō, “to measure, to count”) or -μετρία (-metria, “measurement”), from μέτρον (metron, “a measure”).

Pronunciation

• X-SAMPA: /dZi."A.m@.tri/

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Noun

geometry (countable and uncountable; plural geometries)

1. (mathematics, uncountable) the branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships
2. (mathematics, countable) a type of geometry with particular properties

   spherical geometry

3. (countable) the spatial attributes of an object, etc.

Holonyms

• mathematics

Derived terms

absolute geometry affine geometry algebraic geometry analytic geometry chronogeometry combinatorial geometry descriptive geometry differential geometry elementary geometry elliptic geometry Euclidean geometry

finite geometry fractal geometry geometry of numbers hyperbolic geometry hypergeometry non-Euclidean geometry projective geometry Riemannian geometry spherical geometry taxicab geometry tropical geometry

Related terms

• geometer
• geometrical

Translations

branch of mathematics

• Afrikaans: geometrie (af)
• Albanian: gjeometri (sq) f
• Arabic: هندسة (ar) (handasa) f, علم الهندسة (ar) (3ilm al-handasa) m
• Armenian: երկրաչափություն (hy) (erkračap’ut’yun)
• Azeri: həndəsə (az)
• Bengali: জ্যামিতি (bn) (jyāmiti)
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: geometría (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幾何 (cmn), 几何 (cmn) (jǐhé), 幾何學 (cmn), 几何学 (cmn) (jǐhéxué)

• Czech: geometrie (cs) f
• Danish: geometri (da) c
• Dutch: geometrie (nl), meetkunde (nl) f
• Esperanto: geometrio (eo)
• Estonian: geomeetria (et)
• Faroese: rúmlæra (fo) f, rúmfrøði (fo) f
• Finnish: geometria (fi)
• French: géométrie (fr) f
• Galician: xeometría (gl) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Geometrie (de)
• Greek: γεωμετρία (el) (geometría) f
• Gujarati: ભૂમિતિ (gu) (bhūmiti) f
• Hebrew: גֵּאוֹמֶטְרְיָה (he) (geométrya) f
• Hindi: रेखा गणित (hi) (rekhā gaṇit), ज्यामिति (hi) (jyāmiti) f
• Hungarian: geometria (hu), mértan (hu)
• Icelandic: rúmfræði (is) f
• Ido: geometrio (io)

• Irish: geoiméadracht (ga) f, céimseata (ga) f
• Italian: geometria (it) f
• Japanese: 幾何学 (ja) (きかがく, kikagaku)
• Khmer: រេខាគណិត (km) (reekʰaa kʊənne’ta)
• Korean: 기하학 (ko) (gihahak) ( 幾何學 (ko))
• Latin: geōmetria (la) f
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: geometrija (lt) f
• Macedonian: геометрија (mk) (geométrija) f
• Malay: geometri (ms)
• Norwegian: geometri (no) f
• Persian: هندسه (fa) (hendese)
• Polish: geometria (pl)
• Romanian: geometrie (ro) f
• Russian: геометрия (ru) (geométrija) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: геометрија (sh) f

  Roman: geometrija (sh) f

• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: geometría (es)
• Swahili: jiometri (sw)
• Swedish: geometri (sv)
• Tagalog: heometrya (tl) f
• Tajik: ҳандаса (tg) (handasa), геометрия (tg) (geometriya)
• Telugu: జ్యామితి (te)
• Turkish: geometri (tr)
• Vietnamese: hình học (vi)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: geometreg (cy) f

type of geometry

• Armenian: երկրաչափություն (hy) (erkračap’ut’yun)
• Czech: geometrie (cs) f
• Danish: geometri (da) c
• Finnish: -geometria (fi)
• French: géométrie (fr) f
• German: Geometrie (de)
• Greek: γεωμετρία (el) (geometría) f
• Hebrew: גֵּאוֹמֶטְרְיָה (he) (geométrya) f
• Hungarian: geometria (hu)

• Italian: geometria (it) f
• Macedonian: геометрија (mk) (geométrija) f
• Romanian: geometrie (ro) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: геометрија (sh) f

  Roman: geometrija (sh) f

• Swahili: jiometri (sw)
• Turkish: geometri (tr)

spatial attributes

• Armenian: երկրաչափություն (hy) (erkračap’ut’yun)
• Danish: geometri (da) c
• Greek: γεωμετρία (el) (geometría)
• Italian: geometria (it) f
• Macedonian: геометрија (mk) (geométrija) f
• Romanian: geometrie (ro) f

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: геометрија (sh) f

  Roman: geometrija (sh) f

• Swahili: jiometri (sw)
• Turkish: geometri (tr)

External links

• geometry in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• geometry at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Wikibooks electronic book on geometry
• Mathworld article on geometry