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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The main strength of the Platonist geometers lies in stereometry or the geometry of solids.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
Thus Serenus and Apllonius doe define a Cone and a Cylinder: And these onely Euclide considered: Yea and indeed stereometry entertaineth no other kinde of solid but that which is right or perpendicular.
From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William
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 The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
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