geometrical figure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeometricandfigure
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geometric
adjective
uk/ˌdʒiː.əˈmet.rɪk/us/ˌdʒiː.əˈmet.rɪk/
A geometric pattern or arrangement is made up of shapes such as squares, triangles, ...
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figure
noun[C]
uk/ˈfɪɡ.ər/us/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
the symbol for a number or an amount expressed ...
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(Definition ofgeometricandfigurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofgeometrical figure
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In word and image, they describe ageometricalfigure.
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So any system of parallel lines, or any specificgeometricalfigure, could be conceived as a variation of a single universal system of concurrent lines.
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Each incommensurable magnitude of ageometricalfigureis necessarily reduced to a convergent rational number according to some set 'degree of precision' - digitization.
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Subjects were instructed to copy an abstractgeometricalfigurepresented at midline in front of them onto a blank 8.5r11 inch sheet of paper.
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But the curving line is not separable from itself: it is constituted by interdependent surfaces of a simplegeometricalfigure.
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Hence, motion becomes transition andgeometricalfigureand therefore part of the form.
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It is exactly the same problem as squaring the circle, literally and actually, because farming is an endless circle and a circle is an endlessgeometricalfigure.
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The resultinggeometricalfigureof circle and tangent line has a reflection symmetry about the axis of the radius.
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A hyperbolic angle is ageometricalfigurethat divides a hyperbola.
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A "well plan" is a continuous succession of straight and curved lines representing thegeometricalfigureof the expected well path.
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For practical application, we want to obtain a simpler algebra expression and know whether its shape consists of typical geometrical figures.
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But it is still quite complicated, and we are not sure whether it consists of some typical geometrical figures.
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Geometrical figures, often static in the visual world, are never so in the sonic world.
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Twelve indices were constructed based on referential geometrical figures (circle, square, rectangle, ellipse, and isosceles and equilateral triangles).
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He relied heavily on simple geometrical figures, especially the quadrant, which can be seen in his churches, in the interior decorations even of church organs.
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Thus, the basic means of painting are distinct from ideological means, such as geometrical figures, various points of view and organization (perspective), and symbols.
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They are ideal and are never found pure in nature, in the same way that regular geometrical figures are innate.
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The motives are predominantly white and show abstract or geometrical figures.
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