See Also: Geometrical(medicine)
geometrical(dictionary)
geometrical distortion(medicine)
geometrical sense(medicine)

geometrical (iou)



geometrical adjective. LME.
[formed as GEOMETRIC + -AL1.]
Of or pertaining to geometry; determined or constructed according to the methods of geometry. LME.
b. That works by the methods of geometry. L17.
c. Architecture. (Geometrical.) Designating or pertaining to an early style of English Decorated tracery, marked by the use of simple geometrical figures. E19.
Designating measures of length defined by geographical computation. obsolete exc. Hist. M16.
Special collocations: geometrical isomerism: see ISOMERISM 1. geometrical progression, geometrical series: in which there is a constant ratio between successive quantities, as 1, 3, 9, 27, 81. geometrical proportion a proportion which involves an equality of ratio between its two parts, as 1 : 3 :: 4 : 12. geometrical ratio: see RATIO noun 2a. geometrical series: see geometrical progression above. geometrical spider: that constructs a web of geometrical pattern.
geometrically adverb in geometrical manner; according to geometry; by geometrical progression: M16.