geometrize
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
verb
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to use or apply geometric methods or principles (to)
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(tr) to represent in geometric form
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of geometrize
First recorded in 1650–60; geometr(y) + -ize
Example Sentences
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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
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)
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
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
If their geometrized landscapes and still lifes said nothing very new, they at least spoke with assurance.
From Time Magazine Archive
He also thought in conic sections, squares and roots and ratios, and geometrized like Euclid.
From Pragmatism by James, William
She could see the new houses that were being built along the shorefront, huge modern boxes geometrizing upwards among the old gables.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2013
When I so much enjoy my Euclid, is it always God geometrizing to me?
From The Elect Lady by MacDonald, George
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