Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One skilled in geometry; a geometrician; hence, a mathematician in general.
- n. A gager.
- 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
- n. A mathematician who specializes in geometry.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One skilled in geometry; a geometrician; a mathematician.
- n. Any species of geometrid moth; a geometrid.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a mathematician specializing in geometry
Examples
“Medieval artists often portrayed Christ, the creative Word of God, as a heavenly "geometer", compass in hand, who orders the cosmos with infinite wisdom and purpose.”
“Even math-phobes have the name of that ancient Greek geometer filed away in their consciousness.”
“Apollonius of Perga was a Greek geometer and astronomer noted for his writings on conic sections.”
“Corina had done her undergraduate thesis under the supervision of Joe Harris, a great algebraic geometer, who lobbied for her stay and invited her to join his team.”
“For more on hyperbolic space, check out this interview with Taimina and geometer David Henderson.”
“Come bumble-footed ones, dust squigglers, furry ripplers, inchers and squirmers humble in gray and brown, find out our secret places, devour our hearts, measure us, geometer, with your curved teeth!”
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“Instead, he was intrigued by a conjecture posed by the geometer Eugenio Calabi, who spoke of complex, higher-dimensional spaces with very special properties.”
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“I was captivated when I came across the work of a young geometer called John Martineau while he was studying at my School of Traditional Arts some years ago.”
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“Nelly Neumann went back to Breslau and completed her thesis in 1909, under the direction of the synthetic geometer Rudolf Sturm (1841 – 1919).”
“There she met Emmy Noether, the preeminent woman mathematician of the century, and Princeton geometer Oswald Veblen.”
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Words of Anathem
Orth, Fluccish, and English words that play a role in Neal Stephenson's Anathem.
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