stereometry

[ ster-ee-om-i-tree, steer- ]

noun

1. the measurement of volumes.

stereometry

/ ˌstɪər-; ˌstɛrɪəʊˈmɛtrɪk; ˌstɛrɪˈɒmɪtrɪ; ˌstɪər- /

noun

1. the measurement of volume

Derived Forms

• stereometric, adjective

Other Words From

• ster·e·o·met·ric [ster-ee-, uh, -, me, -trik, steer-], stere·o·metri·cal adjective
• stere·o·metri·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of stereometry¹

From the New Latin word stereometria, dating back to 1560–70. See stereo-, -metry

Example Sentences

In the dusk, our little Quintus takes an apple; divides it into all the figures of stereometry, and spreads the fragments in two heaps on the table: then as the lighted candle enters, he starts up in amazement at the unexpected present, and says to his brother: "Look what the good Christ-child has given thee and me; and I saw one of his wings glittering."

From Project Gutenberg

His discovery also extended to the volume of the cone, and it was his work that gave the beginning to the science of stereometry, the mensuration part of solid geometry.

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The main strength of the Platonist geometers lies in stereometry or the geometry of solids.

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There were few to whom he could intrust the cutting up of this fruit, because he knew how seldom a man possesses sufficient stereometry of the eye to split a potato into two equal conic sections or hemispheres.

From Project Gutenberg

In the dusk, our little Quintus takes an apple; divides it into all the figures of stereometry, and spreads the fragments in two heaps on the table; then as the lighted candle enters, he starts up in amazement at the unexpected present, and says to his brother, "Look what the good Christ-child has given thee and me; and I saw one of his wings glittering."

From Project Gutenberg