solid geometry

noun

the geometry of solid figures; geometry of three dimensions.

Origin of solid geometry

First recorded in 1725–35

Words Nearby solid geometry

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How to use solid geometry in a sentence

But here poor Margaret hung her head and blushed, and confessed that she had no solid geometry to give.
Three Margarets | Laura E. Richards
Such transitions point to the indissoluble connection between plane and solid geometry.
The Solution of the Pyramid Problem | Robert Ballard
Of all his class work only "L'Allegro" and some quality of rigid clarity in solid geometry stirred his languid interest.
This Side of Paradise | F. Scott Fitzgerald
These crises are met at the beginning of the subject and at the beginning of solid geometry.
The Teaching of Geometry | David Eugene Smith
The total for solid geometry is 79 propositions, or 178 for both plane and solid geometry.
The Teaching of Geometry | David Eugene Smith

British Dictionary definitions for solid geometry

solid geometry

noun

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

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Scientific definitions for solid geometry

solid geometry

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

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