geometric
of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
resembling or employing the simple rectilinear or curvilinear lines or figures used in geometry.
of or relating to painting, sculpture, or ornamentation of predominantly geometric characteristics.
(often initial capital letter)Fine Arts.
pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece between the 10th and 8th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by rectilinear or curvilinear shapes in abstract and human figuration, often arranged in tiers or panels around the vase.
designating a style of Greek sculpture of approximately the same period, exemplified chiefly in small figurines or reliefs having a schematic and generalized treatment of the human form.
a geometric pattern, design, etc.:an ornate and handsome geometric.
Origin of geometric
1Other words from geometric
- ge·o·met·ri·cal·ly, adverb
- non·ge·o·met·ric, adjective
- non·ge·o·met·ri·cal, adjective
- non·ge·o·met·ri·cal·ly, adverb
- sem·i·ge·o·met·ric, adjective
- sem·i·ge·o·met·ri·cal, adjective
- sem·i·ge·o·met·ri·cal·ly, adverb
- sub·ge·o·met·ric, adjective
- sub·ge·o·met·ri·cal, adjective
- sub·ge·o·met·ri·cal·ly, adverb
- un·ge·o·met·ric, adjective
- un·ge·o·met·ri·cal, adjective
- un·ge·o·met·ri·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use geometric in a sentence
Maybe the design can evolve with left-hand-friendly geometric adjustments to improve it in the future, but as is, it frustrates and irritates with every opening of the driver’s door.
Ford’s electric Mustang Mach-E is an important leap into the future | Dan Carney | February 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe geometric designs are executed with varying degrees of control and uniformity.
In the galleries: Rejuvenating the obsolete into unconventional art | Mark Jenkins | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostWall paintings inside that cave depict humans, animals and geometric forms.
Humans made a horn out of a conch shell about 18,000 years ago | Bruce Bower | February 10, 2021 | Science NewsFollowing that email, Kedlaya reached out to Kolpakov, who was also using roots of unity to classify types of geometric shapes.
Tetrahedron Solutions Finally Proved Decades After Computer Search | Kevin Hartnett | February 2, 2021 | Quanta MagazineA sphere and a cube are distinct geometric objects, but to a topologist, they’re indistinguishable.
The pieces created a slight camouflage, utilizing lace, geometric patterns, and flowers to create an ultra light fabric.
Valentino, Chanel, and Alexander McQueen at Paris Fashion Week | Liza Foreman | March 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe turned his thesis into the book geometric Perturbation Theory in Physics on the new developments in differential geometry.
This is What Happens When You Teach Machines the Power of Natural Selection | James Barrat | February 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis playful geometric and spatial derivations are translations of some of the most basic and beautiful laws of language.
geometric forms line the wall and fill the room with a subtle scent of pine – hinting at the name.
For this ensemble, Britney matched silky black pants with an artful, geometric corset.
There were on these cloths an enormous amount of decoration, representing many figures, both natural and geometric.
The Swastika | Thomas WilsonIt passed out of use among them nigh a thousand years ago and has been supplanted by every other imaginable geometric form.
The Swastika | Thomas WilsonNot only were the products greatly similar, but the same style of geometric decoration by incised lines is common to both.
The Swastika | Thomas WilsonAnd made with some of my best modeling clay for reproducing geometric solids!
The 4-D Doodler | Graph WaldeyerJohnny settled into his place to take up a pencil and begin tracing geometric figures on a square of paper.
Red Dynamite | Roy J. Snell
British Dictionary definitions for geometric
geometrical
/ (ˌdʒɪəˈmɛtrɪk) /
of, relating to, or following the methods and principles of geometry
consisting of, formed by, or characterized by points, lines, curves, or surfaces: a geometric figure
(of design or ornamentation) composed predominantly of simple geometric forms, such as circles, rectangles, triangles, etc
Derived forms of geometric
- geometrically, adverb
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