GEOMETRICIAN
Ge*om`e*tri"cian, n.
Defn: One skilled in geometry; a geometer; a mathematician.
GEOMETRID
Ge*om"e*trid, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining or belonging to the Geometridæ.
GEOMETRID
Ge*om"e*trid, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridæ; — so called because their larvæ (called loopers, measuring worms, spanworms, and inchworms) creep in a looping manner, as if measuring. Many of the species are injurious to agriculture, as the cankerworms.
GEOMETRIZE
Ge*om"e*trize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Geometrized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Geometrizing.]
Defn: To investigate or apprehend geometrical quantities or laws; to
make geometrical constructions; to proceed in accordance with the
principles of geometry.
Nature geometrizeth, and observeth order in all things. Sir T.
Browne.
GEOMETRY
Ge*om"e*try, n; pl. Geometries Etym: [F. géométrie, L. geometria, fr.
Gr. 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.