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geometrician

American  
[jee-om-i-trish-uhn, jee-uh-mi-] / dʒiˌɒm ɪˈtrɪʃ ən, ˌdʒi ə mɪ- /

noun

  1. a person skilled in geometry.


Etymology

Origin of geometrician

First recorded in 1475–85; geometric + -ian

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Archimedes was also a geometrician, best remembered for his applications of geometry to engineering.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2020

Joe Lunardi, ESPN’s bracket geometrician, pegged Duke and Virginia as “locks” for No. 1s on Saturday midafternoon and then by late afternoon, after Kentucky’s loss, saw North Carolina and Gonzaga as the other No. 1s.

From Washington Post Mar. 16, 2019

The movie believes enough in him as possibly the greatest ever geometrician of shots to marvel at the angles.

From New York Times Aug. 21, 2018

Number theorist Peter Scholze, who became Germany’s youngest ever full professor aged 24, and geometrician Caucher Birkar—a Kurdish refugee—are among the winners of this year’s Fields Medals, the most coveted awards in mathematics.

From Scientific American Aug. 1, 2018

There is then a great calculator whom Plato called the eternal geometrician.

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by

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