"幾何" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [kʲi̥ka̠] Forms: 幾何 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), kika [romanization]
Etymology: Shortening of 幾何学 (kikagaku, “geometry”). First attested in the early Meiji period, in a text from 1886. Head templates: {{ja-noun|きか}} 幾(き)何(か) • (kika)
  1. (mathematics, colloquial) short for 幾何学 (kikagaku): geometry Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial Alternative form of: 幾何学 (extra: (kikagaku): geometry)
    Sense id: en-幾何-ja-noun-4Qk3ncuk Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Mathematics, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 29 3 11 7 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 2 6 4 58 Topics: mathematics, sciences Derived forms: 幾何異性 (kika isei) (ruby: (), (), (), (せい)), 幾何画法 (kika gahō) (ruby: (), (), (), (ほう)), 幾何級数 (kika kyūsū) (ruby: (), (), (きゅう), (すう)) (english: geometric series, geometric progression), 幾何原本 (ruby: (), (), (げん), (ぽん)) (english: Kika Genpon), 幾何光学 (kikakōgaku) (ruby: (), (), (こう), (がく)), 幾何公理 (kika kōri) (ruby: (), (), (こう), ()), 幾何数列 (kika sūretsu) (ruby: (), (), (すう), (れつ)), 幾何中項 (kika chūkō) (ruby: (), (), (ちゅう), (こう)), 幾何平均 (kika heikin) (ruby: (), (), (へい), (きん)), 幾何模様 (kika moyō) (ruby: (), (), (), (よう)), 位相幾何 (isō kika) (ruby: (), (そう), (), ()) (english: topology), 代数幾何 (daisū kika) (ruby: (だい), (すう), (), ()) (english: algebraic geometry), 直観幾何 (chokkan kika) (ruby: (ちょっ), (かん), (), ()), 微分幾何 (bibun kika) (ruby: (), (ぶん), (), ()) (english: differential geometry), ユークリッド幾何 (Yūkuriddo kika) (ruby: (), ()) (english: Euclidean geometry), リーマン幾何 (Rīman kika) (ruby: (), ()) (english: Riemannian geometry), 論証幾何 (ronshō kika) (ruby: (ろん), (しょう), (), ())
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-幾何-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8
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