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geometry

[jee-om-i-tree] / dʒiˈɒm ɪ tri /


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Scott Sugden, director of product management at L’Acoustics, described it as potentially the largest immersive sound deployment, by sheer physical geometry, anywhere in the world.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

Riemann’s Ph.D. adviser, the legendary Carl Friedrich Gauss, tasked him with revamping geometry to better handle curved spaces and more dimensions than three.

From Slate Jun. 22, 2026

The unit-distance problem belongs to a branch of math known as discrete geometry, which studies the arrangements of points, lines and shapes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

Playing late with soft hands, Williamson's ability to somehow guide any delivery to the third-man boundary appeared to defy geometry.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

However, if Brunelleschi had mastered the geometry of perspective as early as 1413 it becomes a little difficult to explain why there are no surviving paintings which embody these principles before 1425.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

It is a lesson in contrasts—hard geometries and muted hues fronting loose forms and cheerful colors—that evinces the influence of Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard on his work.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

Inside, spaces unfold with shifting geometries that privilege visual surprise over domestic convention.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2025

The team studied samples with circular and square geometries and found that circular geometries increased the stability of imprinted magnetic radial vortices.

From Science Daily Apr. 17, 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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