🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

geometria

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dʒe.o.meˈtri.a

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Geometry/dʒiˈɒm.ə.tri/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"I teoremi di geometria richiedono molta attenzione."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The branch of mathematics concerned with the properties and relations of points, lines, surfaces, solids, and higher dimensional analogs.

    "She excelled in her high school geometry class, particularly in solving complex proofs involving triangles."
  2. 2

    The shape, arrangement, or relative spatial configuration of something.

    "The sleek architecture of the modern museum featured striking internal geometry."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'geometry' originates from the Greek words 'geo' meaning 'earth' and 'metron' meaning 'measure'. It was historically used in ancient civilizations for land measurement and has evolved to encompass the study of shapes, sizes, and properties of space.

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