n.
Pronunciation: j ē - ' ä-m ə -tr ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -tries
Etymology: Middle English geometrie, from Anglo-French, from Latin geometria, from Greek ge ō metria, from ge ō metrein to measure the earth, from ge ō - ge- + metron measure ― more at MEASURE
Date: 14th century
1 a : a branch of mathematics that deals with the measurement, properties, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids broadly : the study of properties of given elements that remain invariant under specified transformations b : a particular type or system of geometry
2 a : CONFIGURATION b : surface shape
3 : an arrangement of objects or parts that suggests geometric figures