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单词 geometer
释义

geometer

/dʒɪˈɒmɪtə /
noun
1A person skilled in geometry.Halley suggested to him that he might devote his considerable talents to the restoration of the work of the early Greek geometers, such as Euclid and Apollonius of Perga....
  • Our greatest debt to Lefschetz lies in the fact that he showed us that a study of topology was essential for all algebraic geometers.
  • The issue of how to help students get started learning algebraic geometry is a question that almost every practicing algebraic geometer would answer differently.
2 (also geometer moth) Entomology A geometrid moth or its caterpillar.The body of geometer moths is thin and more fragile looking than in other macromoths....
  • The larva of geometer moths, the familiar inchworms, feed on mulberry leaves.
  • Little is known of the life history of the larvae of geometer moths.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin geometra, based on Greek geōmetrēs, from 'earth' + metrēs 'measurer'.

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