geometer

[ jee-om-i-ter ]

noun

1. geometrician ( def ).
2. 1. Also geometer moth. an adult geometrid moth.
   2. the larva of a geometrid moth; inchworm.

geometer

/ dʒɪˈɒmɪtə; dʒɪˌɒmɪˈtrɪʃən; ˌdʒiːəʊmɪ- /

noun

1. a person who is practised in or who studies geometry

Word History and Origins

Origin of geometer¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English gemeter, from Late Latin geōmeter, from Latin geōmetrēs, from Greek geōmétrēs; equivalent to geo- + -meter

Example Sentences

Astrolabes are believed to have been around at the time of Apollonius of Perga, a Greek mathematician from the third-century B.C. known as the Great Geometer.

From New York Times

Chief geometer Jean des Garets said the shrinking could have been caused by less rain this summer.

From BBC

Like the ancient geometer Euclid, the neural net had somehow intuitively discerned a mathematical truth, but the logical “why” of it was far from obvious.

From New York Times

Norwegian geometer Axel Thue was the first to study the optimal arrangement of finitely many two-dimensional circles in 1892.

From Scientific American

The Belgian Adolphe Quételet was a geometer and astronomer by training, but he soon became sidetracked by a fascination with data—more specifically, with finding patterns in figures.

From Literature