stereometry
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- stereometric adjective
- stereometrical adjective
- stereometrically adverb
Etymology
Origin of stereometry
From the New Latin word stereometria, dating back to 1560–70. See stereo-, -metry
Example Sentences
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In the dusk, our little Quintus takes an apple; divides it into all the figures of stereometry, and spreads the fragments in two heaps on the table: then as the lighted candle enters, he starts up in amazement at the unexpected present, and says to his brother: "Look what the good Christ-child has given thee and me; and I saw one of his wings glittering."
From Project Gutenberg
His discovery also extended to the volume of the cone, and it was his work that gave the beginning to the science of stereometry, the mensuration part of solid geometry.
From Project Gutenberg
The main strength of the Platonist geometers lies in stereometry or the geometry of solids.
From Project Gutenberg
There were few to whom he could intrust the cutting up of this fruit, because he knew how seldom a man possesses sufficient stereometry of the eye to split a potato into two equal conic sections or hemispheres.
From Project Gutenberg
In the dusk, our little Quintus takes an apple; divides it into all the figures of stereometry, and spreads the fragments in two heaps on the table; then as the lighted candle enters, he starts up in amazement at the unexpected present, and says to his brother, "Look what the good Christ-child has given thee and me; and I saw one of his wings glittering."
From Project Gutenberg
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