Geometry vs Geometric - What's the difference?
geometry | geometric |
(mathematics, uncountable) the branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships
(mathematics, countable) a type of geometry with particular properties
(countable) the spatial attributes of an object, etc.
Of, or relating to geometry.
* The architect used geometric techniques to design her home.
increasing or decreasing in a geometric progression.
* Bacteria exhibit geometric increase in numbers when the environment is not limiting.
Using simple shapes such as circles, triangles and lines in a decorative object.
* The building's profile was strikingly geometric .
Geometric is a related term of geometry.
As a noun geometry
is the branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships.As an adjective geometric is
of, or relating to geometry.geometry
English
(wikipedia geometry)Noun
- spherical geometry
Holonyms
* mathematicsDerived terms
* absolute geometry * affine geometry * algebraic geometry * analytic geometry * chronogeometry * combinatorial geometry * descriptive geometry * differential geometry * elementary geometry * elliptic geometry * Euclidean geometry * finite geometry * fractal geometry * geometry of numbers * hyperbolic geometry * hypergeometry * non-Euclidean geometry * projective geometry * Riemannian geometry * spherical geometry * taxicab geometry * tropical geometryExternal links
* * *Wikibooks electronic book on geometry*
Mathworld article on geometry