geometrize

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Pre-Greek der.

Proto-Hellenic *gayader.

Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.

Ancient Greek γῆ (gê)

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)

Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Hellenic *-tron

Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)

Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek -μετρίᾱ (-metríā)

Ancient Greek γεωμετρῐ́ᾱ (geōmetrĭ́ā)der.

Latin geōmetriader.

Old French geometriebor.

Middle English gemetry

English geometry

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English geometrize

From 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?