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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. One skilled in geometry; a geometrician; hence, a mathematician in general.
  2. n. A gager.
  3. n. In entomology, properly, a larva of any moth of the family Geometridæ; loosely, any larva which is destitute of ventral prolegs, and walks by alternately extending the body and contracting it in the form of a loop with the two ends drawn together. These larvæ are also called measuring-worms, span-worms, loop-worms, loopers, etc. The term geometer is also applied to the adult of geometrid moths. See cuts under Cidaria and Haplodes.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A mathematician who specializes in geometry.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. One skilled in geometry; a geometrician; a mathematician.
  2. n. Any species of geometrid moth; a geometrid.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a mathematician specializing in geometry

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