Geometry. The construction or working out of a geometrical proposition or problem. Also: a construction, a proposition.

Mathematics. = regression, n. 4c. Chiefly in point of retrogression n. at point, n.1 phrases 4k. Now rare.

The origin or mode of formation of something.

Geometry. see quot. 1728.

Geometry (a) The track described by a moving point, line, or surface. (b) The intersection of a line or surface with a surface; spec. the…

Geometry: see quot. 1867, and cf. tortuous, adj. 1c.

Mathematics. The process of constructing geometrically a square equal in area to that of a given figure, esp. a circle. More widely: the calculation…

Mathematics. The topological alteration of manifolds by conceptually removing a neighbourhood and replacing it by another having the same boundary…