Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of moths, giving name to the family Geometridæ.
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Examples
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Stultus enim et ridiculus esset geometra, qui pro sua scientia in controversiis geometricis mortem auderet subire, nisi in quantum dictat fides, non esse mentiendum.
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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"_Tu, autem, Domine, quantus es geometra_!" was written on the title-page of his Apollonius; and in the last hour he expressed his joy, that now, in the bosom of God, he should arrive at the solution of many problems of the highest interest, without pain or weariness.
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Stultus enim et ridiculus esset geometra, qui pro sua scientia in controversiis geometricis mortem auderet subire, nisi in quantum dictat fides, non esse mentiendum. "
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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