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geometry

ge.om.e.try \je--'a:m-*-tre-\ n [ME geometrie, fr. MF, fr. L geometria, fr. 
   Gk geo-metria,] often attrib  fr. geo-metrein to measure the earth, fr. 
   geo-- ge- + metron measure - more at MEASURE 1a: a branch of mathematics 
   that deals with the measurement, properties, an d relationships of points, 
   lines, angles, surfaces, and solids 1b: a particular type or system of 
   geometry  1c: a treatise on geometry  2a: CONFIGURATION  2b: surface shape  
   3: an arrangement of objects or parts that suggests geometrical figures