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ˌdʒi əˈmɛ trɪkgeo·met·ric

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. geometric, geometricaladjective

    characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration

    "a buffalo hide painted with red and black geometric designs"

  2. geometric, geometricaladjective

    of or relating to or determined by geometry

Wiktionary

  1. geometricadjective

    Of, or relating to geometry.

  2. geometricadjective

    increasing or decreasing in a geometric progression.

  3. geometricadjective

    Using simple shapes such as circles, triangles and lines in a decorative object.

  4. Etymology: From geometricus, from γεωμετρικός.

Wikipedia

  1. geometric

    Geometry (from Ancient Greek γεωμετρία (geōmetría) 'land measurement'; from γῆ (gê) 'earth, land', and μέτρον (métron) 'a measure') is, with arithmetic, one of the oldest branches of mathematics. It is concerned with properties of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures. A mathematician who works in the field of geometry is called a geometer. Until the 19th century, geometry was almost exclusively devoted to Euclidean geometry, which includes the notions of point, line, plane, distance, angle, surface, and curve, as fundamental concepts.During the 19th century several discoveries enlarged dramatically the scope of geometry. One of the oldest such discoveries is Carl Friedrich Gauss' Theorema Egregiumcode: lat promoted to code: la ("remarkable theorem") that asserts roughly that the Gaussian curvature of a surface is independent from any specific embedding in a Euclidean space. This implies that surfaces can be studied intrinsically, that is, as stand-alone spaces, and has been expanded into the theory of manifolds and Riemannian geometry. Later in the 19th century, it appeared that geometries without the parallel postulate (non-Euclidean geometries) can be developed without introducing any contradiction. The geometry that underlies general relativity is a famous application of non-Euclidean geometry. Since then, the scope of geometry has been greatly expanded, and the field has been split in many subfields that depend on the underlying methods—differential geometry, algebraic geometry, computational geometry, algebraic topology, discrete geometry (also known as combinatorial geometry), etc.—or on the properties of Euclidean spaces that are disregarded—projective geometry that consider only alignment of points but not distance and parallelism, affine geometry that omits the concept of angle and distance, finite geometry that omits continuity, and others. Originally developed to model the physical world, geometry has applications in almost all sciences, and also in art, architecture, and other activities that are related to graphics. Geometry also has applications in areas of mathematics that are apparently unrelated. For example, methods of algebraic geometry are fundamental in Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, a problem that was stated in terms of elementary arithmetic, and remained unsolved for several centuries.

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  1. geometric

    Geometric refers to anything related to geometry, which is a branch of mathematics concerned with the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids. In a broader sense, geometric can also refer to any pattern, structure, or design characterized by or using orderly and regular shapes, such as squares, rectangles, circles, or triangles, often with symmetry and repetition.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Geometricadjective

    alt. of Geometrical

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of geometric in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of geometric in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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  1. David Assael:

    We're not talking about historical accuracy, we're talking about art. I've set in motion a geometric inevitability. If I start chiseling there, chipping here, the whole form is compromised.

  2. Kelly Beatty:

    When eclipse day dawns, weather will trump all the geometric calculations and careful planning that eclipse-chasers have worried about for years.

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