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• Differential geometry of surfaces — Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1828 In mathematics, the differential geometry of surfaces deals with smooth surfaces with various additional structures, most often, a Riemannian metric. Surfaces have been extensively studied from various perspectives:… …   Wikipedia

• Geometry — Ge*om e*try, n.; pl. {Geometries}[F. g[ e]om[ e]trie, L. geometria, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to measure land; ge a, gh^, the earth + ? to measure. So called because one of its earliest and most important applications was to the measurement of the earth s …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• geometry — ► NOUN (pl. geometries) 1) the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties and relations of points, lines, surfaces, and solids. 2) the shape and relative arrangement of the parts of something. DERIVATIVES geometrician noun. ORIGIN Greek …   English terms dictionary

• geometry — /jee om i tree/, n. 1. the branch of mathematics that deals with the deduction of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, and figures in space from their defining conditions by means of certain assumed properties… …   Universalium

• Geometry shader — Shader Un shader (anglais, du verbe to shade : ombrager ou estomper, nuancer) est un programme[Quoi ?] utilisé en image de synthèse pour paramétrer une partie du processus de rendu réalisé par une carte graphique ou un moteur de rendu… …   Wikipédia en Français

• geometry — noun (plural tries) Etymology: Middle English geometrie, from Anglo French, from Latin geometria, from Greek geōmetria, from geōmetrein to measure the earth, from geō ge + metron measure more at measure Date: 14th century 1. a. a branch of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• geometry — ge|om|e|try [ dʒi amətri ] noun * 1. ) uncount the part of mathematics that deals with the relationships between lines, angles, and surfaces 2. ) singular the way in which different things are arranged in relation to each other: The room had a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• geometry */ — UK [dʒiːˈɒmətrɪ] / US [dʒɪˈɑmətrɪ] noun 1) [uncountable] maths the part of mathematics that deals with the relationships between lines, angles, and surfaces 2) [singular] the way in which different things are arranged in relation to each other… …   English dictionary

• geometry — ge|om|e|try [dʒiˈɔmıtri US ˈa:m ] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: géométrie, from Greek geometria measuring the Earth , from ge ( GEO ) + metron measure ] the study in ↑mathematics of the angles and shapes formed by the relationships of …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• geometry — [dʒɪ ɒmɪtri] noun (plural geometries) 1》 the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties and relations of points, lines, surfaces, solids, and higher dimensional analogues. 2》 the shape and relative arrangement of the parts of something.… …   English new terms dictionary

• geometry — noun (U) the study in mathematics of the angles and shapes formed by the relationships of lines, surfaces, and solid objects in space …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English