geometer

American  

[jee-om-i-ter] / dʒiˈɒm ɪ tər /

noun

1. geometrician.

2. 1. Also geometer moth an adult geometrid moth.

   2. the larva of a geometrid moth; inchworm.

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geometer British  

/ dʒɪˈɒmɪtə, dʒɪˌɒmɪˈtrɪʃən, ˌdʒiːəʊmɪ- /

noun

1. a person who is practised in or who studies geometry

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Etymology

Origin of geometer

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

Example Sentences

Chief geometer Jean des Garets said the shrinking could have been caused by less rain this summer.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2023

Norwegian geometer Axel Thue was the first to study the optimal arrangement of finitely many two-dimensional circles in 1892.

From Scientific American • Jun. 6, 2023

“When you try to build a curved object out of flat material, there’s always a fundamental tension,” said Keenan Crane, a geometer and professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2022

These arguments, much as a geometer might consider the nature of a triangle and then prove a theorem concerning triangularity, do not appeal to experience.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

He used his stay in prison to reinvent the concept of a point at infinity, and combining it with Monge’s work, he became the first true projective geometer.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife