geometry English · revision 15366

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=13th century|origins=grc γῆ, grc μέτρον}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /d͡ʒiːˈɒm.ɪ.tɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒɒm.ɪ.tɹi/ ''(UK)''; /d͡ʒiˈɑ.mə.tɹi/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|geometrie]], [[bor|fro|geometrie]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[la|geōmetria]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from [[grc|γεωμετρία|tr=geōmetría|t=measurement of earth or land; geometry]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from [[m|grc|γῆ|tr=gê|t=earth, land]] and [[m|grc|-μετρία|tr=-metría|t=a measuring]] (see [[-metry]]), from [[m|grc|μέτρον|tr=métron|t=measure]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The mathematics of points, lines, surfaces and solids: in the OED from the 13th century, about 1330 in Barnhart, the early 14th century in Etymonline, also spelled gemetrie.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Old English used [[m|ang|eorþcræft|t=earth-craft]] as a loan-translation of the Latin word.^(Etymonline) In its etymological sense, the art of measuring ground, geometry is recorded from 1588.^(OED 1989) The relative arrangement of parts, as of a molecule, is from 1933.^(OED 1989) Geometrical is from 1392 and geometric from 1630.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 13th century – geometry.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1392 – geometrical.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1588 – the art of measuring land.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1630 – geometric.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1933 – arrangement, configuration.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The branch of [[mathematics]] dealing with the properties, measurement and relations of points, lines, angles, surfaces and [[solid|alt=solids]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A particular system of geometry, as [[non-Euclidean geometry]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The shape or arrangement of the parts of something; [[configuration]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[geometrician]]

+ * [[geometrize]]

+ * [[affine geometry]]

+ * [[algebraic geometry]]

+ * [[analytic geometry]]

+ * [[descriptive geometry]]

+ * [[differential geometry]]

+ * [[Euclidean geometry]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[gematria]]

+ * [[geometer]]

+ * [[geometric]]

+ * [[geography]]

+ * [[geology]]

+ * [[meter]]

+ * [[measure]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In Yorkshire and Lincolnshire dialect ''out of geometry'' (''jawmotry'') meant out of shape and order.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}