geometer
pronunciation
How to pronounce geometer in British English:
UK [dʒɪ'ɒmɪtə]
How to pronounce geometer in American English:
US [dʒɪ'ɒmətə]
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- Noun:
- a mathematician specializing in geometry
Word Origin
- geometer (n.)
- "one skilled in geometry," late 15c., from Latin geometres (in Late Latin also geometra), from Greek geometres "land-measurer" (see geometry).
Example
- 1. A geometer like riemann might almost have foreseen the more important features of the actual world .
- 2. Leonardo da vinci was an italian renaissance architect , musician , anatomist , inventor , engineer , sculptor , geometer , and painter .