Geometrical
[dʒɪə'metrɪkl] or [dʒɪə'mɛtrɪkl]
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem.
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Examples
- Of this law the famous geometrical figure or number is the expression. Plato. The Republic.
- Now this number represents a geometrical figure which has control over the good and evil of births. Plato. The Republic.
- There are forces in the world which work, not in an arithmetical, but in a geometrical ratio of increase. Plato. The Republic.
- He may not even be increasing his ability to make accurate distinctions among geometrical forms, to say nothing of ability to observe in general. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The struggle for existence inevitably follows from the high geometrical ratio of increase which is common to all organic beings. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This entire number is geometrical and contains the rule or law of generation. Plato. The Republic.
- But his immediate interest lay in numerical relationships and geometrical proportions. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- And for this purpose it was requisite to borrow all that was best in geometrical analysis and algebra, and to correct the errors of one by the other. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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