solid geometry

noun

1. the geometry of solid figures; geometry of three dimensions.

solid geometry

noun

1. the branch of geometry concerned with the properties of three-dimensional geometric figures

solid geometry

1. The branch of mathematics that deals with three-dimensional figures and surfaces.

Word History and Origins

Origin of solid geometry¹

First recorded in 1725–35

Example Sentences

But here poor Margaret hung her head and blushed, and confessed that she had no solid geometry to give.

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Such transitions point to the indissoluble connection between plane and solid geometry.

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Of all his class work only "L'Allegro" and some quality of rigid clarity in solid geometry stirred his languid interest.

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These crises are met at the beginning of the subject and at the beginning of solid geometry.

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The total for solid geometry is 79 propositions, or 178 for both plane and solid geometry.

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