geometrical

English

Etymology

From geometric +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒi.oʊˈmɛt.ɹɪk.əl/, /ˌd͡ʒi.əˈmɛt.ɹɪk.əl/

Adjective

geometrical (comparative more geometrical, superlative most geometrical)

1. Of, or relating to geometry; geometric.
   • 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Humours and Dispositions of the Laputians Described. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 26:

     Their Ideas are perpetually converſant in Lines and Figures. If they would, for example, praiſe the Beauty of a Woman, or any other Animal, they deſcribe it by Rhombs, Circles, Parallelograms, Ellipſes, and other Geometrical Terms, or by Words of Art drawn from Muſick, needleſs here to repeat.

2. (of a design) Consisting of lines and simple shapes.
3. (of a staircase) Having the stairs supported by the wall at one end only.

Derived terms

• chronogeometrical
• geometrical pace
• geometrical progression
• hypergeometrical
• nongeometrical
• ungeometrical

 

Translations

geometric — see geometric