Skip to main content
geometric

geometric

18 4.8
Relating to shapes, sizes, and positions in space
  • adjective
  • /dʒiˈɑːmətrɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : geométrico
  • Graphing these geometric equations can help illustrate the relationships between different shapes.
  • geometric mean
  • geometric shapes
  • geometric form

And this is our geometric definition of a dot product.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • Peter continues to move his finger in various geometric lines across the map.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • These are simple geometric equations from a high school book.

  • We now know how to do the expected value of a geometric distribution.

  • You know, the circle is the perfect geometric figure.

  • We define the sum of the infinite geometric series...

  • The overall measure in each suite is the geometric mean for the benchmarks within the suite.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The formal garden imposes geometric strictures on plants.

  • Analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The artist created a stunning mural filled with geometric shapes like triangles and squares.

  • She studied the properties of geometric figures, including circles and rectangles, in her math class.

Synonyms

geometrical
vsgeometric
6 4.1

Relating to simple shapes like lines and circles used in design

concerns principles and properties of space and figures rather than decoration

Compounds

geometric mean
  • Specialized
1 7.4

An average of positive numbers found by multiplying them and taking the root for the number of items

geometric progression
  • Specialized
1 6.8

A list of numbers where each number equals the previous one multiplied by the same number not zero

geometric series
  • Specialized
1 7.2

A list of numbers where each number is the previous number multiplied by the same number

geometric isomer
  • Specialized
8.2

A molecule with the same formula but atoms in a different arrangement giving other properties

geometric pace
  • Specialized
9.9

A unit of length equal to five feet used for measuring land

How Mathematical

trigonometric
  • Specialized
1 7.2
goniometric
  • Specialized
9.9
mathematical
69 4.1
geometric
  • Specialized
18 4.8

Surface Forms

geometric positive

Morphology

geometric = geometry (transparent) = geometry + ic

Formed by the productive adjective-forming suffix '-ic' from the noun 'geometry', so meaning 'relating to geometry' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Geometric comes from Greek parts geo- 'earth' and -metron 'measure', the same idea behind geometry. It originally meant 'measuring the earth', and because that work used shapes and sizes, geometric now means 'about shapes' and their rules.