ungeometricaladj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > [adjective] > not or unskilled in
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ageometrical1668
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [adjective] > in geometry
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1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. xii. sig. 385 A notable Error, which among..vngeometricall Masters and Doctors, hath..bene vpholden.
1705 E. Scarburgh Eng. Euclide 13 (note) Of all our late Transformers of Euclide, He is the most Ungeometrical in Demonstration.
1788 T. Taylor tr. Proclus Comm. p. cvii The testimony of the first mathematicians..against the unlawfulness of this ungeometrical invasion.
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ungeoˈmetricalness n.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > [noun] > geometrical inaccuracy
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [noun] > in calculation > instance of > in geometry
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1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus f. 771 For they that object against Him an Ungeometricalness in the Hypothesis, have not yet solv'd his Problem.
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