How do you pronounce geometric?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌd͡ʒi.oʊˈmɛt.ɹɪk/.

geometric

/ˌd͡ʒi.oʊˈmɛt.ɹɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables: geo-met-ric
IPA: /ˌd͡ʒi.oʊˈmɛt.ɹɪk/

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Meaning

adj

Of or relating to geometry.

adj

Increasing or decreasing in a geometric progression.

adj

Using simple shapes such as circles, triangles, and lines in a decorative object.

Example Sentences

"The architect used geometric techniques to design her home."
"In Mathematicks he was greater / Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater : / For he, by Geometrick scale, / Could take the size of Pots of Ale ; / Resolve by Signs and Tangents streight, / If Bread or Butter wanted weight; / And wisely tell what hour o’th’ day / The Clock doth strike, by Algebra."
"This does not mean that the French, works, composed by rational minds (de l’esprit) are totally devoid of any value or cultural significance. But Madame de Staël obviously prefers what she considers to be the imaginative workings of the German mind to the geometric and analytical penchants of the French mind."
"Bacteria exhibit geometric increase in numbers when the environment is not limiting."
"The men around the table were by no means dissidents, but neither can they turn their countries around on their own. Of course, the vast problems in Africa cannot be solved by African policies alone. Poverty breeds poverty by geometric progression."
"The building's profile was strikingly geometric."

Etymology

From Latin geōmetricus, from Ancient Greek γεωμετρικός (geōmetrikós), from γεωμέτρης (geōmétrēs). By surface analysis, geometer + -ic or geo- + -metric.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: geōmetricus, γεωμετρικός

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌd͡ʒi.oʊˈmɛt.ɹɪk/
British English: /ˌd͡ʒiː.əʊˈmɛt.ɹɪk/

Inflected Forms

more geometric (comparative) most geometric (superlative)

Derived Forms

ageometric chronogeometric geometrician geometricity geometricization geometricize geon hypergeometric isogeometric kinogeometric macrogeometric metageometric

Phrases

arithmetic-geometric mean arithmetico-geometric geomagic square geometric abstraction geometric algorithm geometric analysis geometric centroid geometric congruence

Frequently Paired Words

geometer geometrical geometrically geometry arithmetic exponential

Synonyms

geometrical

Rhymes With

metric symmetric asymmetric parametric obstetric barometric econometric gravimetric optometric hetrick petrich petrick