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Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-) Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -μετρίᾱ (-metríā) Ancient Greek γεωμετρῐ́ᾱ (geōmetrĭ́ā)der. Latin geōmetriader. Old French geometriebor. Middle English gemetry English geometry Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English geometrize From geometry + -ize.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To use or apply geometry.
   • I do believe with all my Heart, that Nature doth Geometrize in all her Works. 1780, T. Fuller, Exanthematologia, page xiv:
2. (transitive) To convert to geometrical form or to consider using geometrical principals.
   • If the special theory had unified electricity and magnetism, and if the general theory had geometrized gravity, should one not try next to unify and geometrize electromagnetism and gravity? 2012 January 19, Robert E Kennedy, A Student's Guide to Einstein's Major Papers, page 222:

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Deriveds

geometrizable