Part 4772

<h1>Geometry</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ge*om"e*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n</tt>; <plu>pl</plu>. <plw>Geometries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>g\'82om\'82trie</ets>, L. <ets>geometria</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to measure land; <?/, <?/, the earth + <?/ to measure. So called because one of its earliest and most important applications was to the measurement of the earth's surface. See <er>Geometer</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That branch of mathematics which investigates the relations, properties, and measurement of solids, surfaces, lines, and angles; the science which treats of the properties and relations of magnitudes; the science of the relations of space.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A treatise on this science.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Analytical, &or; Co\'94rdinate</col>, <col>geometry</col></mcol>, <cd>that branch of mathematical analysis which has for its object the analytical investigation of the relations and properties of geometrical magnitudes.</cd> -- <col>Descriptive geometry</col>, <cd>that part of geometry which treats of the graphic solution of all problems involving three dimensions.</cd> -- <col>Elementary geometry</col>, <cd>that part of geometry which treats of the simple properties of straight lines, circles, plane surface, solids bounded by plane surfaces, the sphere, the cylinder, and the right cone.</cd> -- <col>Higher geometry</col>, <cd>that pert of geometry which treats of those properties of straight lines, circles, etc., which are less simple in their relations, and of curves and surfaces of the second and higher degrees.</cd></cs>

<h1>Geophagism</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ge*oph"a*gism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, earth + <?/ to eat.]</ety> <def>The act or habit of eating earth. See <cref>Dirt eating</cref>, under <er>Dirt</er>.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Geophagist</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ge*oph"a*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who eats earth, as dirt, clay, chalk, etc.</def>

<h1>Geophagous</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ge*oph"a*gous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Earth-eating.</def>

<h1>Geophila</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ge*oph"i*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr.<?/, <?/, earth + <?/ to love.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The division of Mollusca which includes the land snails and slugs.</def>

<h1>Geoponic, Geoponical</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw><hw>Ge`o*pon"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ge`o*pon"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/, <?/, earth + <?/ toilsome, fr. <?/ labor: cf. F. <ets>g\'82oponique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to tillage of the earth, or agriculture.</def>

<h1>Geoponics</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ge`o*pon"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>g\'82oponique</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art or science of cultivating the earth; agriculture.</def>

<i>Evelin.</i>

<h1>Georama</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ge`o*ra"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, the earth + <?/ sight, view, <?/ to see, view: cf. F. <ets>g\'82orama</ets>.]</ety> <def>A hollow globe on the inner surface of which a map of the world is depicted, to be examined by one standing inside.</def>

<h1>Geordie</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Geor"die</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A name given by miners to <i>George</i> Stephenson's safety lamp.</def>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<h1>George</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>George</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>George</ets>, or <ets>Georges</ets>, a proper name, fr. Gr. <?/ husbandman, laborer; <?/, <?/, the earth + <?/ to work; akin to E. <ets>work</ets>. See <er>Work</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See <er>Garter</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A kind of brown loaf.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>