geometrician

[jee-om-i-trish-uhn, jee-uh-mi-]

noun

1. a person skilled in geometry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of geometrician¹

First recorded in 1475–85; geometric + -ian

Example Sentences

I can only fumble through the mist of what, if anything, is encoded in the shapes and shades of geometricians like Victoria Haven — but that doesn’t mean I don’t love them.

From Seattle Times

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

From New York Times

The geometricians among us did our best to answer an important question: Were the Knicks still running the triangle offense?

From New York Times

Reviewing her paintings at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in 2015 for The New York Times, Holland Cotter called her “an expressive geometrician” who “makes painting look like fastidiously worked joy.”

From New York Times

These require you to use what you’ve learned to trace objects in the background, as if you were a geometrician who decided to apply her craft to landscape art.

From Washington Post