Dictionary

geometric en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌd͡ʒiː.əˈmɛt.ɹɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌd͡ʒi.oʊˈmɛt.ɹɪk/ (Canada, General-American)
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• /ˌd͡ʒiː.əʊˈmɛt.ɹɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌd͡ʒiː.əˈmet.ɹɪk/ (Australia)
• /ˌd͡ʒi.əˈmɛt.ɹɪk/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˌd͡ʒiː.əˈmet.ɹək/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Latin geōmetricus, from Ancient Greek γεωμετρικός (geōmetrikós), from γεωμέτρης (geōmétrēs). By surface analysis, geometer + -ic or geo- + -metric.

Meanings

1. Of or relating to geometry.
   • The architect used geometric techniques to design her home.
   • This does not mean that the French, works, composed by rational minds (de l’esprit) are totally devoid of any value or cultural significance. But Madame de Staël obviously prefers what she considers to be the imaginative workings of the German mind to the geometric and analytical penchants of the French mind. 1990, Stamos Metzidakis, “The Utopian Vision of French Criticism”, in Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures, volume 44, number 3, →DOI, page 195:
   • In Mathematicks he was greater / Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater : / For he, by Geometrick scale, / Could take the size of Pots of Ale ; / Resolve by Signs and Tangents streight, / If Bread or Butter wanted weight; / And wisely tell what hour o’th’ day / The Clock doth strike, by Algebra. 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC, page 6:
2. Increasing or decreasing in a geometric progression.
   • Bacteria exhibit geometric increase in numbers when the environment is not limiting.
   • The men around the table were by no means dissidents, but neither can they turn their countries around on their own. Of course, the vast problems in Africa cannot be solved by African policies alone. Poverty breeds poverty by geometric progression. 1990 April 21, Flora Lewis, “Tide Reaching Africa”, in The New York Times, page 23:
3. Using simple shapes such as circles, triangles, and lines in a decorative object.
   • The building's profile was strikingly geometric.
   • A bold geometric roof design is planned to allow natural light to flood onto the station concourse. 2022 March 23, Stefanie Foster, “Updated designs unveiled for HS2's Euston Station”, in RAIL, number 953, page 22:

Forms

Coordinates

exponential · arithmetic

Deriveds

metageometric · supergeometric · quasigeometric · isogeometric · semigeometric · morphogeometric · chronogeometric · nongeometric · microgeometric · geometric pen · geometricization · protogeometric · geon · geometric sequence · geometric correlation · geometrician · geometric square · geometric construction · geometric tortoise · geometric dual graph · geometric lathe · geometric modeling · arithmetico-geometric · ungeometric · geometric mean · geometric multiplicity · geometric abstraction · ageometric · geometric homology · kinogeometric · geomagic square · geometric invariant · arithmetic-geometric mean · geometric centroid · geometric distribution · geometricize · geometric congruence · geometric isomer · geometric growth · geometric shape · geometricity · geometric algorithm · hypergeometric · geometric analysis · macrogeometric · geometric progression · geometric mean index · geometric series · geometric probability · geometric isomerism · geometric topologist

Relateds

geometer · geometrically · geometrical · geometry

Synonyms

geometrical (using simple shapes) · geometrical (of or relating to geometry)

Translations (47)

da geometrisk (of or relating to geometry) · lv ģeometrisks (of or relating to geometry) · lv ģeometrisks (increasing or decreasing in a geometric progression) · nl meetkundig (of or relating to geometry) · sv geometrisk (using simple shapes) · sv geometrisk (of or relating to geometry) · es geométrico (of or relating to geometry) · it geometrico (of or relating to geometry) · fi geometrinen (using simple shapes) · de geometrisch (of or relating to geometry) · fr géométrique (of or relating to geometry) · yi געאָמעטריש (of or relating to geometry) · eo geometria (of or relating to geometry) · la geōmetricus (of or relating to geometry) · hu mértani (of or relating to geometry) · hu geometriai (of or relating to geometry) · ru геометри́ческий (of or relating to geometry) · gl xeométrico (using simple shapes) · hy երկրաչափական (of or relating to geometry) · pl geometryczny (increasing or decreasing in a geometric progression) · io geometriala (of or relating to geometry) · nl geometrisch (of or relating to geometry) · mr भौमितिक (of or relating to geometry) · gl xeométrico (of or relating to geometry) · be геаметры́чны (of or relating to geometry) · lv ģeometrisks (using simple shapes) · uk геометри́чний (of or relating to geometry) · tl sukgisanin (of or relating to geometry) · ka გეომეტრიული (using simple shapes) · ka გეომეტრიული (increasing or decreasing in a geometric progression) · ka გეომეტრიული (of or relating to geometry) · da geometrisk (using simple shapes) · de geometrisch (using simple shapes) · ca geomètric (of or relating to geometry) · nn geometrisk (of or relating to geometry) · pl geometryczny (of or relating to geometry) · pl geometryczny (using simple shapes) · fi geometrinen (increasing or decreasing in a geometric progression) · ast xeométricu (of or relating to geometry) · kk геометриялық (of or relating to geometry) · pt geométrico (of or relating to geometry) · cs geometrický (of or relating to geometry) · sv geometrisk (increasing or decreasing in a geometric progression) · nb geometrisk (of or relating to geometry) · fi geometrinen (of or relating to geometry) · grc γεωμετρικός (of or relating to geometry) · gl xeométrico (increasing or decreasing in a geometric progression)