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geometry, counting geometry (s) (noun); geometries; counting geometries (pl)
1. The branch of mathematics that deals with points, lines, surfaces, and solids, and examines their properties: Geometry is a subject taught in school which is concerned with the features and relationships of points, lines, angles, curves, surfaces, and solids.
2. In nuclear medicine, any of the various arrangements between a radioactive source and a detector that affects the accuracy of counting or measurement: Counting geometry is a branch of algebraic geometry which deals with assessing the number of clarifications to geometric problems.
Word Entries containing the term: “geometry
fluid geometry
The distribution of fluids in the rocks of a reservoir, as influenced by the rock's composition, porosity, method of producing saturation, and the degree of moisture characteristics.
This entry is located in the following unit: fluct-, flucti-, -flux, flu-, flum-, -fluent, -fluence (page 3)
spherical geometry, spherics
The geometry of circles, angles, and figures on the surface of a sphere.
This entry is located in the following unit: sphero-, spher-, -sphere- (page 12)