Geometric

Part of speech: adjective

Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒiː.əʊˈmɛt.ɹɪk/

Definitions

1. Concerning the branch of mathematics that focuses on shapes, dimensions, and their spatial relationships
2. Pertaining to the study or characteristics of figures and forms in space
3. Involving the properties and relations of points, lines, surfaces, and solids

Etymology: "Geometric" comes from Ancient Greek "geōmetrikós", which described anything relating to measuring land. Its root is "gē", meaning earth, and "metron", a measure, so the word literally names the measurement of the earth. The Greeks used "geōmétrēs" for a surveyor or land-measurer, and the adjective was carried into Latin as "geōmetricus" before reaching English. The original sense was practical rather than abstract. Surveying boundaries and fields was the job the Greek term described, and the mathematical study of shapes grew out of that work. Over time the word narrowed from the act of measuring land to the lines, figures and forms that such measuring deals with, which is the sense it carries in the definition here: relating to shapes.

Synonyms: mathematical, geometrical, spatial, form-related, angular

Antonyms: organic, irregular, freeform, natural, asymmetrical