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ge⋅om⋅e⋅tri⋅cian

  [jee-om-i-trish-uhn, jee-uh-mi-]
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–noun
a person skilled in geometry.
Origin:
1475–85; geometric + -ian
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ge·om·e·try   (jē-ŏm'ĭ-trē)   
n.   pl. ge·om·e·tries

    1. The mathematics of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids.

    2. A system of geometry: Euclidean geometry.

    3. A geometry restricted to a class of problems or objects: solid geometry.

    4. A book on geometry.

    5. Configuration; arrangement.

    6. A surface shape.

    1. Configuration; arrangement.

    2. A surface shape.

  3. A physical arrangement suggesting geometric forms or lines.


[Middle English geometrie, from Old French, from Latin geōmetria, from Greek geōmetriā, from geōmetrein, to measure land : geō-, geo- + metron, measure; see mē-2 in Indo-European roots.]
ge·om'e·tri'cian (jē-ŏm'ĭ-trĭsh'ən, jē'ə-mĭ-), ge·om'e·ter n.
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