solid geometry

American  

noun

1. the geometry of solid figures; geometry of three dimensions.

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solid geometry British  

noun

1. the branch of geometry concerned with the properties of three-dimensional geometric figures

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solid geometry Scientific  

1. The branch of mathematics that deals with three-dimensional figures and surfaces.

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Etymology

Origin of solid geometry

First recorded in 1725–35

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solid geometry

The totality is a study in solid geometry, demonstrating the various ways an almost-identical thing can be made different.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022

So a lot of mathematics, such as solid geometry, was just built up from studying space.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 5, 2022

During a grueling four-year apprenticeship in vocational classrooms and on the shop floor, the toolmaker absorbs the principles of solid geometry and learns to think in three dimensions.

From Time Magazine Archive

Instead of the old prep-school curriculum of two years of algebra, one of plane geometry, and one of either trigonometry or solid geometry, schools should place more stress on broad mathematical principles.

From Time Magazine Archive

He got carried away by things; for example, he was so fascinated by the tilting planes of solid geometry that he did almost as badly in trigonometry as I did myself.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles