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geometry

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /d͡ʒiːˈɒm.ɪ.tɹi/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒm.ɪ.tɹi/
  • General-American: /d͡ʒiˈɑ.mə.tɹi/
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  • Australian: /d͡ʒiːˈɔm.ə.tɹi/
  • CMU ARPABET: JH IY0 AA1 M AH0 T R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Qualifier: often qualified in combination

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • 1975 [Addison-Wesley], Eugene F. Krause, Taxicab Geometry, 1986, Dover, page 64, Entire new geometries are also suggested by real-world cities.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The observed or specified spatial attributes of an object, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A mathematical object comprising representations of a space and of its spatial relationships.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: algebraic-geometry, geometry, mathematics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

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5

noun

Meaning 5

the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pure mathematics

Narrower terms: affine geometry, elementary geometry, parabolic geometry, Euclidean geometry, fractal geometry, non-Euclidean geometry, spherical geometry, analytic geometry, analytical geometry, coordinate geometry, plane geometry, solid geometry, projective geometry, descriptive geometry

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-) Proto-Indo-European *meh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -μετρίᾱ (-metríā) Ancient Greek γεωμετρῐ́ᾱ (geōmetrĭ́ā)der. Latin geōmetriader. Old French geometriebor. Middle English gemetry English geometry From Middle English gemetry, geometrie, from Old French geometrie (modern French géométrie), from Latin geōmetria, from Ancient Greek γεωμετρία (geōmetría, “geometry, land-survey”), from γεωμέτρης (geōmétrēs, “geometer, land measurer”), from γῆ (gê, “earth, land, country”) + -μετρία (-metría, “measurement”), from μέτρον (métron, “a measure”). By surface analysis, geometer + -y or geo- + -metry. Doublet of gematria.

Across languages

Translations

152 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: geometrie — branch of mathematics
  • Afrikaans: meetkunde — branch of mathematics
  • Albanian: gjeometri — branch of mathematics
  • Albanian: dhemasë — branch of mathematics
  • Amharic: ጂኦሜትሪ (ǧiʾometri) — branch of mathematics
  • Arabic: هَنْدَسَة (handasa) — branch of mathematics
  • Arabic: عِلْم اَلْهَنْدَسَة (ʕilm al-handasa) — branch of mathematics
  • Arabic: علم المساحة — branch of mathematics
  • Aragonese: cheometría — branch of mathematics
  • Armenian: երկրաչափություն (erkračʻapʻutʻyun) — branch of mathematics
  • Assamese: জামিতি (zamiti) — branch of mathematics
  • Assamese: জ্যামিতি (zyamiti) — branch of mathematics
  • Asturian: xeometría — branch of mathematics
  • Azerbaijani: həndəsə — branch of mathematics
  • Belarusian: геаме́трыя (hjeamjétryja) — branch of mathematics
  • Bengali: জ্যামিতি (jêmiti) — branch of mathematics
  • Breton: mentoniezh — branch of mathematics
  • Bulgarian: геоме́трия (geométrija) — branch of mathematics
  • Burmese: ဂျီဩမေတြီ (gyiau:me-tri) — branch of mathematics
  • Catalan: geometria — branch of mathematics
  • Cebuano: sukodbutáng — branch of mathematics
  • Cherokee: ᏗᏎᏍᏗ ᏓᏍᏓᏅᏅ (disesdi dasdanvnv) — branch of mathematics
  • Chinese Mandarin: 幾何 /几何 (jǐhé) — branch of mathematics
  • Chinese Mandarin: 幾何學 /几何学 (jǐhéxué) — branch of mathematics
  • Czech: geometrie — branch of mathematics
  • Danish: geometri — branch of mathematics
  • Dutch: geometrie — branch of mathematics
  • Dutch: meetkunde — branch of mathematics
  • Esperanto: geometrio — branch of mathematics
  • Estonian: geomeetria — branch of mathematics
  • Faroese: rúmlæra — branch of mathematics
  • Faroese: rúmfrøði — branch of mathematics
  • Finnish: geometria — branch of mathematics
  • Finnish: jomma — branch of mathematics
  • Finnish: mittausoppi — branch of mathematics
  • French: géométrie — branch of mathematics
  • Galician: xeometría — branch of mathematics
  • Georgian: გეომეტრია (geomeṭria) — branch of mathematics
  • German: Geometrie — branch of mathematics
  • German: Raumlehre — branch of mathematics
  • Greek: γεωμετρία (geometría) — branch of mathematics
  • Ancient Greek: γεωμετρία (geōmetría) — branch of mathematics
  • Gujarati: ભૂમિતિ (bhūmiti) — branch of mathematics
  • Hebrew: גֵּאוֹמֶטְרְיָה (geométrya) — branch of mathematics
  • Hindi: ज्यामिति (jyāmiti) — branch of mathematics
  • Hindi: रेखागणित (rekhāgṇit) — branch of mathematics
  • Hindi: भूमिति (bhūmiti) — branch of mathematics
  • Hungarian: geometria — branch of mathematics
  • Hungarian: mértan — branch of mathematics
  • Icelandic: rúmfræði — branch of mathematics
  • Ido: geometrio — branch of mathematics
  • Indonesian: geometri — branch of mathematics
  • Indonesian: ilmu ukur — branch of mathematics
  • Irish: geoiméadracht — branch of mathematics
  • Irish: céimseata — branch of mathematics
  • Italian: geometria — branch of mathematics
  • Japanese: 幾何学 (kikagaku) — branch of mathematics
  • Kabyle: ta nzeggit — branch of mathematics
  • Kannada: ರೇಖಾಗಣಿತ (rēkhāgaṇita) — branch of mathematics
  • Khmer: រេខាគណិត (reekhaa kʊənne’ta) — branch of mathematics
  • Korean: 기하학 (gihahak) — branch of mathematics
  • Northern Kurdish: hindaze — branch of mathematics
  • Lao: ເລຂາຄະນິດ (lē khā kha nit) — branch of mathematics
  • Latin: geōmetria — branch of mathematics
  • Latvian: ģeometrija — branch of mathematics
  • Limburgish: maetkónde — branch of mathematics
  • Lithuanian: geometrija — branch of mathematics
  • Macedonian: геометрија (geometrija) — branch of mathematics
  • Malay: geometri — branch of mathematics
  • Malayalam: ജ്യാമിതി (jyāmiti) — branch of mathematics
  • Manx: towse-oaylleeaght — branch of mathematics
  • Marathi: भूमिती (bhūmitī) — branch of mathematics
  • Marathi: रेखागणित (rekhāgṇit) — branch of mathematics
  • Marathi: ज्यामिति (jyāmiti) — branch of mathematics
  • Norwegian Bokmål: geometri — branch of mathematics
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: geometri — branch of mathematics
  • Odia: ରେଖା ଗଣିତ (rekhā gaṇita) — branch of mathematics
  • Old English: eorþcræft — branch of mathematics
  • Persian: هندسه (hendese) — branch of mathematics
  • Polish: geometria — branch of mathematics
  • Portuguese: geometria — branch of mathematics
  • Punjabi: ਰੇਖਾਗਣਿਤ (rekhāgṇit) — branch of mathematics
  • Quechua: pacha tupuy — branch of mathematics
  • Romanian: geometrie — branch of mathematics
  • Russian: геоме́трия (geométrija) — branch of mathematics
  • Sanskrit: रेखागणित (rekhāgaṇita) — branch of mathematics
  • Serbo-Croatian: геометрија — branch of mathematics
  • Serbo-Croatian: geometrija — branch of mathematics
  • Shona: pimanyika — branch of mathematics
  • Sindhi: هَندِسَهَ (hãdisaha) — branch of mathematics
  • Sinhalese: ජ්යාමිතිය (jyāmitiya) — branch of mathematics
  • Slovak: geometria — branch of mathematics
  • Slovene: geometrija — branch of mathematics
  • Spanish: geometría — branch of mathematics
  • Sundanese: élmu ukur — branch of mathematics
  • Swahili: jiometri — branch of mathematics
  • Swedish: geometri — branch of mathematics
  • Tagalog: sukgisan — branch of mathematics
  • Tagalog: heometriya — branch of mathematics
  • Tajik: ҳандаса (handasa) — branch of mathematics
  • Tajik: геометрия (geometriya) — branch of mathematics
  • Tamil: வடிவவியல் (vaṭivaviyal) — branch of mathematics
  • Tamil: கேத்திர கணிதம் (kēttira kaṇitam) — branch of mathematics
  • Telugu: జ్యామితి (jyāmiti) — branch of mathematics
  • Telugu: రేఖాగణితం (rēkhāgaṇitaṁ) — branch of mathematics
  • Thai: เรขาคณิต (ray-kăa ká-nít) — branch of mathematics
  • Turkish: geometri — branch of mathematics
  • Ukrainian: геоме́трія (heométrija) — branch of mathematics
  • Urdu: اَقْلِیدَس (aqlīdas) — branch of mathematics
  • Urdu: جِیومیٹْری (jiomaiṭrī) — branch of mathematics
  • Uzbek: geometriya — branch of mathematics
  • Vietnamese: hình học — branch of mathematics
  • Volapük: geomet — branch of mathematics
  • Welsh: geometreg — branch of mathematics
  • Yiddish: געאָמעטריע (geometrye) — branch of mathematics
  • Zazaki: geometri — branch of mathematics
  • Armenian: երկրաչափություն (erkračʻapʻutʻyun) — type of geometry
  • Catalan: geometria — type of geometry
  • Czech: geometrie — type of geometry
  • Danish: geometri — type of geometry
  • Finnish: -geometria — type of geometry
  • French: géométrie — type of geometry
  • Georgian: გეომეტრია (geomeṭria) — type of geometry
  • German: Geometrie — type of geometry
  • Greek: γεωμετρία (geometría) — type of geometry
  • Hebrew: גֵּאוֹמֶטְרְיָה (geométrya) — type of geometry
  • Hungarian: geometria — type of geometry
  • Italian: geometria — type of geometry
  • Latvian: ģeometrija — type of geometry
  • Macedonian: геометрија (geometrija) — type of geometry
  • Portuguese: geometria — type of geometry
  • Romanian: geometrie — type of geometry
  • Serbo-Croatian: геометрија — type of geometry
  • Serbo-Croatian: geometrija — type of geometry
  • Spanish: geometría — type of geometry
  • Swahili: jiometri — type of geometry
  • Turkish: geometri — type of geometry
  • Armenian: երկրաչափություն (erkračʻapʻutʻyun) — spatial attributes
  • Catalan: geometria — spatial attributes
  • Danish: geometri — spatial attributes
  • Dutch: geometrie — spatial attributes
  • Georgian: გეომეტრია (geomeṭria) — spatial attributes
  • Greek: γεωμετρία (geometría) — spatial attributes
  • Italian: geometria — spatial attributes
  • Macedonian: геометрија (geometrija) — spatial attributes
  • Portuguese: geometria — spatial attributes
  • Romanian: geometrie — spatial attributes
  • Serbo-Croatian: геометрија — spatial attributes
  • Serbo-Croatian: geometrija — spatial attributes
  • Spanish: geometría — spatial attributes
  • Swahili: jiometri — spatial attributes
  • Turkish: geometri — spatial attributes
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