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

To a geometer, like me, the sandpile has to do with the emerging field of tropical geometry, which aims to model continuous geometric phenomena by analogous discrete ones.

From Nautilus

As a result of his leadership, by the mid-1980s there was a vigorous interaction between quantum field theorists and geometers.

From Quanta Magazine

If you want a mathematical justification that a T-shirt and a pair of pants are different, you should turn to a topologist, not a geometer.

From Quanta Magazine

This turned out to be the larva of a geometer two inches long.

From Project Gutenberg

His father, like that of the illustrious geometer Lambert, was a tailor.

From Project Gutenberg

Let us, therefore, see the geometer at work and seek to catch his process.

From Project Gutenberg

No mathematical exactness without explicit proof from assumed principles—such is the motto of the modern geometer.

From Project Gutenberg

For the pure geometer himself, this faculty is necessary; it is by logic one demonstrates, by intuition one invents.

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