Definitions
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- adjective Of, or relating to
geometry ;geometric . - adjective of a design Consisting of
lines and simpleshapes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or determined by geometry
- adjective characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration
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Examples
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In the work Kepler discusses harmony and congruence in geometrical forms and physical phenomena.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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In the work Kepler discusses harmony and congruence in geometrical forms and physical phenomena.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Then they poured melted lead upon the clamps and set the blocks in geometrical order, till the building was complete.
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Diene synthesis is a special case, where, owing to certain geometrical and arithmetical relations, growth of the atom chain by attachment of new molecules ceases. lnstead, the chain catches its own tail, so to speak, and forms itself into a ring which can grow no further.
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The evolution of organic life goes on in geometrical progression: cells combine, and form organs; organs combine, and form organisms; organisms combine, and form organizations.
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"We shall have to take nine, or eighty-one, or some other number in what our young philosopher calls geometrical progression -- that's right, isn't it, Jack, eh?"
Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy George Manville Fenn 1870
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Intelligible extension, then, is just the idea of geometrical extension and its properties, or what in the seventeenth-century came to be known as the ˜primary qualities.™
Malebranche's Theory of Ideas and Vision in God Nolan, Lawrence 2008
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This is not the same Curry paradox under discussion; it is a well-known paradox, due to Paul Curry, having to do with so-called geometrical dissection.
Curry's Paradox Beall, JC 2008
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The clerestory windows are of uniform pattern of the style known as geometrical Decorated.
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The figures of this entire class, as regards forms, may be grouped under three general headings: first, the geometrical, which is the most common; second, the figures of animals; and, third, rude attempts at floral decorations, which forms are rather rare.
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