Meanings
nounstereometry (uncountable)
- archaicuncountableThe science of measuring the volume of solids or solid bodies.
from measures known it is an easy matter to rectify weights, etc., to cast up all, and resolve bodies by algebra, stereometry.
1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York: New York Review Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 106
Origin
- Ancient Greekστερεομετρία
- Englishstereometry
From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek στερεομετρία (stereometría), from στερεός (stereós, “solid”).
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Catalan estereometria
- estereometriascience of measuring solids
French stéréométrie
- stéréométriescience of measuring solids
German Stereometrie
- Stereometriescience of measuring solids
Italian stereometria
- stereometriascience of measuring solids
Latvian stereometrija
- stereometrijascience of measuring solids
Polish stereometria
- stereometriascience of measuring solids
Spanish estereometría
- estereometríascience of measuring solids
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