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geometry

[jee-om-i-tree] / dʒiˈɒm ɪ tri /


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The shape of a nucleus is important for far more than geometry.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

His formal mathematical education ended after one semester of high-school geometry.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Le co-wrote and advised Google’s AI systems that won gold-medal status at the International Mathematical Olympiad and have solved Olympiad-level geometry problems.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

The matchup of players who have found their form on grass should showcase Gauff’s counterpunching and defensive skills against Muchova’s clever use of the court’s geometry.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

This was the beginning of the discipline of projective geometry, where mathematicians look at the shadows and projections of geometric figures to uncover hidden truths even more powerful than the equivalence of parabolas and ellipses.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Because the antennas have different geometries, each one also has a different propagation coefficient, which describes how light moves through the structure.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

“We print very complicated geometries that could withstand pressure and temperature,” Mr. Spagnoletti says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

It also applies to hyperbolic geometries, which are commonly used in theoretical physics and modern models of spacetime.

From Science Daily Jan. 7, 2026

So does Helen Lundeberg, whose familiar architectural geometries in landscape paintings get an unexpected twist in three 1960s canvases inspired by extraterrestrial musings.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 29, 2024

Armed with garbage bags we proceeded grimly through the house, emptying shelves and cabinets and crawl spaces, discovering geometries of dust beneath objects unmoved for years.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs




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