Definition of Geometer

1. Noun. A mathematician specializing in geometry.

Exact synonyms: Geometrician
Generic synonyms: Mathematician
Specialized synonyms: Euclid
Derivative terms: Geometry

Definition of Geometer

1. n. One skilled in geometry; a geometrician; a mathematician.

Definition of Geometer

1. Noun. A mathematician who specializes in geometry. ¹

2. Noun. (zoology) Any species of geometrid moth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Geometer

1. a specialist in geometry [n -S]

Medical Definition of Geometer

1. 1. One skilled in geometry; a geometrician; a mathematician. 2. Any species of geometrid moth; a geometrid. Origin: F. Geometre, L. Geometres, geometra, fr. Gr, fr, the earth + measure. See Meter measure. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Geometer

geomancy
geomant
geomantic
geomantical
geomants
geomaterial
geomaterials
geomatic
geomatics
geomechanical
geomechanically
geomechanics
geomedicine
geomembrane
geomembranes
geometer (current term)
geometer moth
geometer moths
geometers
geomethane
geometral
geometric
geometric isomer
geometric isomerism
geometric isomers
geometric mean
geometric mean diameter
geometric means
geometric pace
geometric progression

Literary usage of Geometer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1846)
"Let now another and a rational geometer stale his grounds of belief of the ... The rational geometer is led by irresistible evidence to the conclusion that ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1912)
"By his compatriots Virgil was called the " geometer," and he was interested in history, inspiring Aribo of Frei- sing to write the ..."

3. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1810)
"... s. a fortuneteller, caster of figures geometer, jè-ôm'è-tur. s. a geometrician Geometrical, ... geometer ..."

4. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1846)
"Let now another and a rational geometer stale his grounds of belief of the ... The rational geometer is led by irresistible evidence to the conclusion that ..."

5. The Theological and Literary Journal (1851)
"... as it is of the philologist to adhere exclusively to the laws of language; of the geometer to adhere in his processes to the principles of geometry; ..."

6. A Budget of Paradoxes by Augustus De Morgan (1915)
"Trans., he was a geometer, and one who rebukes his squarer for quoting Matthew xi. 25, in that very year he was the visionary who, in the Leipzig Acts, ..."

7. Mathematical Questions and Solutions by W. J. C. Miller (1874)
"This is the admirably simple solution (discovered within the last few years Ъу the French geometer Peaucellier) of a problem that had generally been ..."

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