geometrize

English

Etymology

geometry +‎ -ize

Verb

geometrize (third-person singular simple present geometrizes, present participle geometrizing, simple past and past participle geometrized)

1. (intransitive) To use or apply geometry.
   • 1780, T. Fuller, Exanthematologia, page xiv:

     I do believe with all my Heart, that Nature doth Geometrize in all her Works.

2. (transitive) To convert to geometrical form or to consider using geometrical principals.
   • 2012 January 19, Robert E Kennedy, A Student's Guide to Einstein's Major Papers, page 222:

     If the special theory had unified electricity and magnetism, and if the general theory had geometrized gravity, should one not try next to unify and geometrize electromagnetism and gravity?