Definition of Geomitry
Ge*om"e*try (?), n.; pl.
Geometries (#) [F. géométrie,
L. geometria, fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to measure land;
ge`a, gh^, the earth + &?; to measure. So
called because one of its earliest and most important applications
was to the measurement of the earth's surface. See Geometer.]
1. 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.
2. A treatise on this science.
Analytical, or Coördinate,
geometry, that branch of mathematical analysis
which has for its object the analytical investigation of the
relations and properties of geometrical magnitudes. --
Descriptive geometry, that part of geometry
which treats of the graphic solution of all problems involving three
dimensions. -- Elementary geometry, that
part of geometry which treats of the simple properties of straight
lines, circles, plane surface, solids bounded by plane surfaces, the
sphere, the cylinder, and the right cone. -- Higher
geometry, that pert of geometry which treats of those
properties of straight lines, circles, etc., which are less simple in
their relations, and of curves and surfaces of the second and higher
degrees.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships.
- An item's relative spatial attributes
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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