geometrical : Idioms & Phrases

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Geometric lathe

  • an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; called also cycloidal engine.
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Geometric pen

  • an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of ajustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm.
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Geometric spider

  • (Zoöl.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to Epeira and allied genera, as the garden spider. See Garden spider.
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Geometric square

  • a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles.
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Geometrical curve

  • . Same as Algebraic curve; so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry.
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geometrical irregularity

  • noun an irregular asymmetry in shape; an irregular spatial pattern
    irregularity.
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Geometrical pace

  • a measure of five feet.
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Geometrical plane

  • (Persp.), the same as Ground plane .
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Geometrical progression, proportion, ratio

  • . See under Progression, Proportion and Ratio.
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Geometrical radius

  • in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. Knight.
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geometrical regularity

  • noun a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles
    regularity.
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Geometrical staircase

  • one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only.
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Geometrical tracery

  • in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures.
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Ratio of a geometrical progression

  • the constant quantity by which each term is multiplied to produce the succeeding one.
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