Sentence examples for geometric conceptions from inspiring English sources

Geometric conceptions and problems predominated in the early calculus.

There can be little doubt that Kant has our geometric conception of space in mind throughout the Transcendental Aesthetic this is clear in the third argument of the metaphysical exposition and throughout the transcendental exposition.

So it seems reasonable to distinguish between an ordinary, everyday conception of space one in which we need not consider whether it is infinite or finite, infinitely divisible or finitely divisible, whether the parallel postulate holds, etc.—and our geometric conception of space.

This is a geometric concept.

Applies geometric concepts in modeling situations.

That last one was almost platonic in its conception: "the finest cut I have ever created — the geometric design in its purest, most classical form," he wrote.

Mr. Duff displays his enduring involvement with industrial materials, geometric form and philosophical conceptions of order.

In a two-part exhibition Mr. Duff displays his enduring involvement with industrial materials, geometric form and philosophical conceptions of order.

Alberti seems to have collaborated with him in astronomy rather than geography, but the two sciences were closely bound at the time (and bound to perspective) by the conceptions and methods of geometric mapping rediscovered in the writings of the ancient astronomer and geographer Ptolemy.

For example, Chu and Treagust (2009) developed the Light Propagation Diagnostic Instrument (LPDI) based on prior qualitative research studies on students' conceptions mainly about fundamental geometric optics (Andersson and Kärrqvist, 1983; Fetherstonaugh and Treagust 1992; Galili and Hazan 2000; La Rosa et al. 1984; Langley et al. 1997).

The critical notions constituting solids out of their plane sections and assigning weights to geometric figures were not formally valid within the standard conceptions of Greek geometry, and Archimedes admitted this.