/proh'toh jee'euh me"trik/ , adj. ( sometimes l.c. )
pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece chiefly during the 10th century B.C. and characterized by use of abstract geometrical motifs.
Also, Proto-geometric, proto-geometric, Proto-Geometric . Cf. geometric (def. 4).
[ 1925-30; PROTO- + GEOMETRIC ]