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STEREOMETRY

Definition: STEREOMETRY

STEREOMETRY

Noun

1. The art of measuring and computing the cubical contents of bodies and figures; -- distinguished from planimetry.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definition: STEREOMETRY

DomainDefinition

Medicine

The measuring of the volume of a solid body or of the cavity within a solid body. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Stereometry

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Stereometry or solid geometry is a science of solid bodies in space as a branch of geometry and deals with the measurements of volumes of various solid figuress: cylinder, circular cone, truncated cone, sphere, prisms, blades, wine casks.

History

The Pythagoreans had dealt with the sphere and regular solids, but the pyramid, prism, cone and cylinder were but little known until the Platonistss took them in hand. Eudoxus established their mensuration, proving the pyramid and cone to have one-third the content of a prism and cylinder on the same base and of the same height, and was probably the discoverer of a proof that the volumes of spheres are as the cubes of their radii.

See also: Archimedes, Demiurge, Johannes Kepler, planimetry, Plato, Plato's Timaeus

...partly from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Stereometry."

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Synonyms within Context: STEREOMETRY

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Measurement

Geometry, stereometry, hypsometry; metage; surveying, land surveying; geodesy, geodetics, geodesia; orthometry, altimetry; cadastre.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: STEREOMETRY

English words defined with "STEREOMETRY": Planimetry ♦ Stereometrical. (references)

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Modern Translation: STEREOMETRY

Language Translations for "STEREOMETRY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏مقياس للأحجام. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

стереометрия (solid geometry). (various references)

   

Danish

  

stereometri. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

stereometrie (solid geometry, three-dimensional geometry), meetkunde in de ruimte (solid geometry, three-dimensional geometry). (various references)

   

French

  

stéréométrie. (various references)

   

German

  

Stereometrie (solid geometry, three-dimensional geometry). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

στερεομετρία. (various references)

   

Italian

  

stereometria (solid geometry, three-dimensional geometry), geometria dei solidi (solid geometry, three-dimensional geometry). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ereometrystay

   

Romanian

  

stereometrie. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

стереометрия (solid geometry). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

uzay geometri, katı nesnelerin oylumunu ölçme aleti. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

hình học không gian. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "STEREOMETRY"

Words rhyming with "STEREOMETRY" (pronounced 'Ste`re*om"e*try'): Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Aerometry, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Alkalimetry, Altimetry, Ancestry, Anemometry, Angelolatry, Anthropolatry, Anthropometry, Apomecometry, Areometry, Astrolatry, Astrometry, Astrophotometry, Asymmetry, Atmiatry, Attry, Autolatry, Avowtry, Baculometry, Ballatry, Barometry, Barratry, Bathymetry, Bibliolatry, Bijoutry, Biochemistry, Biometry, Calorimetry, Cardiometry, Carpentry, Centry, Cephalometry, Chlorimetry, Chlorometry, Choltry, Chorometry, Choultry, Chronometry, Clinometry, Colorimetry, Conchometry, Conchyliometry. (additional references)

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Anagrams: STEREOMETRY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-e-m-o-r-r-s-t-t-y"

-3 letters: oysterer, remotest, resetter.

-4 letters: emoters, eyesome, eyesore, meeters, meteors, remeets, remorse, remoter, remotes, restore, retorts, rosette, rotters, royster, steerer, stertor, stroyer, teemers, teeters, termers, termors, terrets, tremors, tryster.

-5 letters: emeers, emoter, emotes, esteem, meeter, merest, mestee, meteor, meters, metres, metros, motets, mottes, ormers, otters, oyster, remeet, remote, rerose, resort, rester, retems, retest, retore.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-e-m-o-r-r-s-t-t-y"
 

+4 letters: stereochemistry.

 

+5 letters: electrochemistry.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes 		5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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