Geometry n. (pl. geometries) 1.That branch of mathematics which investigates the relations, properties, and measurement of solids, surfaces, lines, and angles; the science which treats of the properties and relations of magnitudes; the science of the relations of space.
2.A treatise on this science.
Analytical geometry, or Coördinate geometry, that branch of mathematical analysis which has for its object the analytical investigation of the relations and properties of geometrical magnitudes.
Descriptive geometry, that part of geometry which treats of the graphic solution of all problems involving three dimensions.
Elementary geometry, that part of geometry which treats of the simple properties of straight lines, circles, plane surface, solids bounded by plane surfaces, the sphere, the cylinder, and the right cone.
Higher geometry, that pert of geometry which treats of those properties of straight lines, circles, etc., which are less simple in their relations, and of curves and surfaces of the second and higher degrees.
analytical adj. 1.Of or pertaining to analysis (definition 2).
2.(Logic) Of a proposition; necessarily true independent of fact or experience, such as "all spinsters are unmarried". Opposite of synthetic. Also See: a priori, deductive, logical. 3.Exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations; as, analytic reasoning; an analytical discussion.
Synonyms: appraising(prenominal), evaluative.
4.Capable of or given to analyzing; of people. "An analytical mind"
Analytical geometry or coordinate geometry. See under Geometry. Analytic language, a noninflectional language or one not characterized by grammatical endings.
Analytical table (Nat. Hist.), a table in which the characteristics of the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their names.
