geometry
/dʒɪˈɒmətrɪ/noun
mass noun
1- the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties and relations of points, lines, surfaces, solids, and higher dimensional analogues几何学。
1.1
- count noun( pl. -ies) a particular mathematical system describing such properties几何(体系):
non-Euclidean geometries.
非欧几何。
1.2
- in sing. the shape and relative arrangement of the parts of something几何形状, 几何构造:
the geometry of spiders' webs.
蜘蛛网的几何形状。
派生词
geometrician
/ˌdʒɪəʊməˈtrɪʃən/ noun词源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin geometria, from Greek, from gē 'earth' + metria (see -METRY).