How to Use geometry in a Sentence

geometry

noun

• The overall shape depends on the violence of the collisions as well as the geometry, but oblateness is a common end point.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2024
• After omicron comes pi (π), the one Greek letter that people remember from high-school geometry.
  — Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2021
• However, some testers found the geometry and plate to be prescriptive—dictating how the foot rolled—which prevented it from making our top picks.
  — Cory Smith, Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2024
• Watching Ovechkin find those spots without the puck is a study in hockey geometry, bringing to mind Oshie’s shark imagery.
  — New York Times, 22 Dec. 2021
• Lucretius, the Epicurean polymath, believed that odor was a function of geometry.
  — Scott Sayare, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
• The geometry of the equinox can mean an uptick in the intensity of the geomagnetic storms that cause displays of the northern lights, also known as aurora.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
• Floer’s theory quickly became one of the central tools in symplectic geometry.
  — Quanta Magazine, 9 Dec. 2021
• Ruth Tomlinson has also been influenced by the organic shapes of nature, producing pieces that echo the delicate geometry of coral or bursts of geodes.
  — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 20 Dec. 2021
• Northside instructional coach Jenny Lane asked a room of third-grade teachers working on geometry instruction.
  — al, 6 Dec. 2021
• Yang and her colleagues examined roadkill wombats and found their intestinal walls formed grooves, or corners, when contracting, producing the cubic geometry.
  — Nikk Ogasa, Scientific American, 13 Dec. 2021
• Euclidean geometry was, in his view, a practical compromise with beauty, and one purpose of ornamentation was to make that surrender more palatable.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 24 Nov. 2021
• The bedspread’s abstract geometries echo those of the large painting on the wall.
  — Catherine Hong, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
• The speed of the greens, and lines that can sometimes defy the laws of geometry, present enough of a challenge.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2022
• But McLaren says the entire geometry is new, as are the types of carbon fiber, the resin, and the structural core.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 14 June 2022
• The men are now progressing up to six full spins -- that's a 2160 for those who know their geometry.
  — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2022
• The geometries of the cars themselves have become far more complex.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 June 2024
• The findings showed that both the beach's geometry and high water were the cause of beach erosion and rip currents.
  — Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2022
• The frequency can vary slightly due to the geometry of the Earth, moon and sun, as well as the Earth's axial tilt.
  — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
• This geometry means the Perseids streak across the sky from the direction of the constellation of Perseus in the north (hence the shower’s name).
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2023
• The secret to this simple Reed-Solomon code starts with two basic facts of geometry.
  — Patrick Honner, Quanta Magazine, 23 Jan. 2023
• That geometry distributes the rotor’s weight and torquing forces and reduces the platform’s weight and thus its cost.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2023
• The design itself is meant to represent the geometry of the Great Basin region.
  — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2023
• On the other side of Weil’s Rosetta stone was geometry.
  — Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2024
• Glass doors open out to a patio and a rectangular swimming pool designed to fit with the geometry of the site.
  — Nancy Keates, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
• Appearing on the screen was a large, pale wedge of a building, shining in its modernist geometry amid a field of green.
  — Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
• Taylor had always feared some kind of a slip, that moment when gravity and geometry align and the hero lands not on a stone but in the lava.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Aug. 2023
• And the blade geometry is simply perfect for the precise cuts needed when butchering ducks and geese.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 5 Oct. 2023
• The object, for which Ducrot patched scraps of silk and rough linen into abstract geometries, remains in service.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
• Your child can learn simple math and geometry, as well as gain confidence and a sense of pride from their creations.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 26 Sep. 2023
• There are so many bike geometries and measurements that the only way to ensure a perfect frame bag fit is to get a custom bag.
  — Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Oct 2024