geometer
A mathematician who specializes in geometry.
Noun
- 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: geometrist
- Any species of geometrid moth (family Geometridae).
Origin
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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