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geometer

[ jee-om-i-ter ]

noun

    1. Also geometer moth. an adult geometrid moth.
    2. the larva of a geometrid moth; inchworm.


geometer

/ dʒɪˈɒmɪtə; dʒɪˌɒmɪˈtrɪʃən; ˌdʒiːəʊmɪ- /

noun

  1. a person who is practised in or who studies geometry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of geometer1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English gemeter, from Late Latin geōmeter, from Latin geōmetrēs, from Greek geōmétrēs; equivalent to geo- + -meter
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Example Sentences

To a geometer, like me, the sandpile has to do with the emerging field of tropical geometry, which aims to model continuous geometric phenomena by analogous discrete ones.

As a result of his leadership, by the mid-1980s there was a vigorous interaction between quantum field theorists and geometers.

If you want a mathematical justification that a T-shirt and a pair of pants are different, you should turn to a topologist, not a geometer.

This turned out to be the larva of a geometer two inches long.

His father, like that of the illustrious geometer Lambert, was a tailor.

Let us, therefore, see the geometer at work and seek to catch his process.

No mathematical exactness without explicit proof from assumed principles—such is the motto of the modern geometer.

For the pure geometer himself, this faculty is necessary; it is by logic one demonstrates, by intuition one invents.

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