geometry

Other forms of geometry

plural

geometries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about geometry

What does geometry mean?

geometry means "the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces".

How many syllables are in geometry?

geometry has 4 syllables: ge-o-me-try. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /dʒiˈɑmətɹi/.

Is geometry a common word?

geometry is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.