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  Geometry \Ge*om"e*try\, n.; pl. Geometries[F. g['e]om['e]trie,
     L. geometria, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to measure land; ge`a, gh^,
     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 Geometer.]
     1. 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.
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     2. A treatise on this science.
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     Analytical geometry, or Co["o]rdinate geometry, that
        branch of mathematical analysis which has for its object
        the analytical investigation of the relations and
        properties of geometrical magnitudes.
  
     Descriptive geometry, that part of geometry which treats of
        the graphic solution of all problems involving three
        dimensions.
  
     Elementary geometry, 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.
  
     Higher geometry, 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.
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  Descriptive \De*scrip"tive\, a. [L. descriptivus: cf. F.
     descriptif.]
     Tending to describe; having the quality of representing;
     containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a
     descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story
     descriptive of the age.
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     Descriptive anatomy, that part of anatomy which treats of
        the forms and relations of parts, but not of their
        textures.
  
     Descriptive geometry, that branch of geometry. which treats
        of the graphic solution of problems involving three
        dimensions, by means of projections upon auxiliary planes.
        --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ) -- De*scrip"tive*ly, adv.
        -- De*scrip"tive*ness, n.
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  Descriptive \De*scrip"tive\, a. [L. descriptivus: cf. F.
     descriptif.]
     Tending to describe; having the quality of representing;
     containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a
     descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story
     descriptive of the age.
  
     Descriptive anatomy, that part of anatomy which treats of
        the forms and relations of parts, but not of their
        textures.
  
     Descriptive geometry, that branch of geometry. which treats
        of the graphic solution of problems involving three
        dimensions, by means of projections upon auxiliary planes.
        --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ) -- De*scrip"tive*ly, adv.
        -- De*scrip"tive*ness, n.

  Geometry \Ge*om"e*try\, n.; pl. Geometries[F. g['e]om['e]trie,
     L. geometria, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to measure land; ge`a, gh^,
     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 Geometer.]
     1. 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.
  
     2. A treatise on this science.
  
     Analytical, or Co["o]rdinate, geometry, that branch of
        mathematical analysis which has for its object the
        analytical investigation of the relations and properties
        of geometrical magnitudes.
  
     Descriptive geometry, that part of geometry which treats of
        the graphic solution of all problems involving three
        dimensions.
  
     Elementary geometry, 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.
  
     Higher geometry, 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.

  descriptive geometry
       n : the geometry of properties that remain invariant under
           projection [syn: projective geometry]

  descriptive geometry
     n.
     A graphical protocol which creates three-dimensional virtual space on
  a two-dimensional plane.

  descriptive geometry
     n.
     A graphical protocol which creates three-dimensional virtual space on
  a two-dimensional plane.

  descriptive geometry
     n.
     A graphical protocol which creates three-dimensional virtual space on
  a two-dimensional plane.

  descriptive geometry
     n.
     A graphical protocol which creates three-dimensional virtual space on
  a two-dimensional plane.

  descriptive geometry /dɪskɹˈɪptɪv dʒiˈɒmətɹi/
  deskriptivní geometrie

  descriptive geometry /dɪskɹˈɪptɪv dʒiˈɒmətɹi/
  darstellende Geometrie
   see: geometry, affine geometry, plane geometry, spherical geometry, Riemannian geometry
  

  descriptive geometry /dɪskɹˈɪptɪv dʒiˈɒmətɹi/ 
  deskriptiivinen geometria
  branch of geometry

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