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COORDINATE GEOMETRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coordinate geometry mean?
• COORDINATE GEOMETRY (noun)
The noun COORDINATE GEOMETRY has 1 sense:
1. the use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system
Familiarity information: COORDINATE GEOMETRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
analytic geometry; analytical geometry; coordinate geometry
Hypernyms ("coordinate geometry" is a kind of...):
geometry (the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
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