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geometry

/dʒiˈɒmətɹi/jee-O-muh-tree
/dʒiˈɑmətɹi/jee-AH-muh-tree

Meaningmeasurement of land

Common meaning: branch of mathematics dealing with space and shape

Journey through time

  1. Greekgeometria‘measurement of land’source
  2. Old Frenchgeometrie‘geometry’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsmeasurement of land → branch of mathematics dealing with space and shapegeometry‘branch of mathematics dealing with space and shape’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek geometria ‘measurement of land’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry GEOMETRY, p. 231 · dictionary scan

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