GEOMETRIC


Meaning of GEOMETRIC in English

adj. (also geometrical)

1. of, according to, or like geometry.

2 (of a design, architectural feature, etc.) characterized by or decorated with regular lines and shapes.

Phrases and idioms:

geometric mean the central number in a geometric progression, also calculable as the nth root of a product of n numbers (as 9 from 3 and 27). geometric progression a progression of numbers with a constant ratio between each number and the one before (as 1, 3, 9, 27, 81). geometric tracery tracery with openings of geometric form.

Derivatives:

geometrically adv.

Etymology: F g{eacute}ometrique f. L geometricus f. Gk geometrikos (as GEOMETER)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.