The role of geometry in everyday life
Lional Sharon, FICS
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Are you aware of this word "Geometrization"????. As per the Collins dictionary it comes in the lower 50% of commonly used words.It signifies "the application of geometrical concepts to a different field".Knowing, understanding and applying geometry being one of the attributes of the ancient philosophers, as we can see all the theories named after philosophers.
Some people are fortunate to apply the concepts of geometry in their everyday life very easily. For instance, On ships, during Navigation triangulations becomes handy. As it can be seen in the methods of doubling the bow angle, Horizontal sextant angle, Relative approach etc,. When sailing around an arc, concentric circles can be used to determine lesser distance. The "Side Angle Side" "Side Side Side" similarity comes into play in draft survey calculations.
Similarly, when driving on roads, its easy to co-relate the scenarios with geometric shapes for easy understanding and expect the outcome. For instance, the concepts like
1) the length of the chord is lesser than the length of arc of the sector - when curving around
2) Assessing the crossing with respect to the closing in/out of the bearing of the target with the A & B pillars of the car, etc
can be used in everyday life.
Kindly comment below, in which all routine circumstances, have you GEOMETRIZED?
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