geometry

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These changes cause the decay rate to vary significantly depending on the geometry.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

“By the time the Scramble for Africa was over,” Martin Meredith tells us, the vagaries of geopolitical geometry had amalgamated “some 10,000 African polities . . . into forty European colonies and protectorates.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

In that geometry, it becomes impossible for every magnetic moment to point opposite to all of its neighbors at the same time.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

He argues that road geometry, and poor aiming of headlights in cars that don't have automatic levelling systems, are more likely culprits.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Monge was a consummate geometer, specializing in three-dimensional geometry.

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