geometrize

American  

[jee-om-i-trahyz] / dʒiˈɒm ɪˌtraɪz /

especially British, geometrise

verb (used without object)

geometrized, geometrizing

1. to work by geometric methods.

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verb (used with object)

geometrized, geometrizing

1. to put into geometric form.

geometrize British  

/ dʒɪˈɒmɪˌtraɪz /

verb

1. to use or apply geometric methods or principles (to)

2. (tr) to represent in geometric form

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Other Word Forms

• geometrization noun

Etymology

Origin of geometrize

First recorded in 1650–60; geometr(y) + -ize

Example Sentences

Today fewer and fewer physicists are working at unified-field theory; most are persuaded that the effort to geometrize the electromagnetic field is futile.

From Scientific American • Mar. 4, 2011

It would be natural to suppose that man would first imitate the things which surround him, but the most cursory acquaintance with primitive art shows that he is much more apt to crudely geometrize.

From Architecture and Democracy by Bragdon, Claude Fayette

The science of no man can be characteristic, no man can geometrize or chemically analyze after a manner peculiar to himself.

From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)

Not only does nature everywhere geometrize, but she does so in a particular way, in which we discover dimensional sequences.

From Four-Dimensional Vistas by Bragdon, Claude Fayette