Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: geometrical
IPA transcription: [dʒ,iəm'ɛtɹɪkəl]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: geometric, geometrical
    Meaning: of or relating to or determined by geometry
Usage examples
  • It was composed of trees of moderate height, formed like umbrellas, with exact geometrical outlines.
  • Evidently refraction was not a simple geometrical deflection of a ray, there was a spreading out as well.
  • In a paroxysm of delight Kepler celebrates his victory by a triumphant figure, sketched actually on his geometrical diagram--the diagram which proves that the law of equable description of areas can hold good with an ellipse.
  • Now, however, the geometrical and mathematical difficulties of calculation, which before had been tedious and oppressive, threatened to become overwhelming; and it is with a rising sense of despondency that Kepler sees his six years' unremitting labour leading deeper and deeper into complication.