GEOMETRIZE

Etymology

Verb

geometrize (third-person singular simple present geometrizes, present participle geometrizing, simple past and past participle geometrized)

(intransitive) To study or use geometry.

(transitive) To convert to geometrical form.

Source: Wiktionary


Ge*om"e*trize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Geometrized; p. pr. & vb. n. Geometrizing.]

Definition: To investigate or apprehend geometrical quantities or laws; to make geometrical constructions; to proceed in accordance with the principles of geometry. Nature geometrizeth, and observeth order in all things. Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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POLYGENIC

(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes


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In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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