Meanings
comparative more geometrical · superlative most geometrical
- Of, or relating to geometry; geometric.
Their Ideas are perpetually converſant in Lines and Figures. If they would, for example, praiſe the Beauty of a Woman, or any other Animal, they deſcribe it by Rhombs, Circles, Parallelograms, Ellipſes, and other Geometrical Terms, or by Words of Art drawn from Muſick, needleſs here to repeat.
1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Humours and Dispositions of the Laputians Described. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 26 - Consisting of lines and simple shapes.
- Having the stairs supported by the wall at one end only.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to or determined by geometry
adjectivecharacterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishgeometric
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishgeometrical
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Cite this entry
geometrical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geometrical
“geometrical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geometrical. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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