geometer
nounUS /d͡ʒiˈɑm.ə.tɚ/ · UK /dʒiːˈɒm.ɪ.tə/
Etymology From Middle English gemeter, geometer, ultimately from Late Latin geōmetrēs, from Ancient Greek γεωμέτρης (geōmétrēs), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) + μετρέω (metréō, “to measure”).
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A mathematician who specializes in geometry.
- But this idea, which is a general postulate in all demonstrations, has been taken for granted by every algebrician and geometer.1999, Joseph-Marie Montmasson, Invention and the Unconscious, page 56:
- Synonyms
- geometrician, geometrist
- Derived terms
- algebraic geometer, geometer moth, metageometer
- Related terms
- geographer, geologist, geometric topologist, geometry, cartographer, topographer, topologist