stereotomy

English

Etymology

From French stéréotomie, from Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”) + -τομία (-tomía, “-cut”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /stɛɹiːˈɒtəmi/

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Noun

stereotomy (uncountable)

1. (geometry, masonry) The cutting or dissection of solids.
   • 1841, Edgar Allan Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue:

     Here your countenance brightened up, and, perceiving your lips move, I could not doubt that you murmured the word ‘stereotomy’, a term very affectedly applied to this species of pavement.

Translations

cutting or dissection of solids

• French: stéréotomie (fr) f
• German: Stereotomie
• Ido: stereotomio (io)
• Italian: stereotomia (it) f
• Spanish: estereotomia f

Anagrams

• osteometry