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EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Euclidean geometry mean?
• EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY (noun)
The noun EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY has 1 sense:
1. (mathematics) geometry based on Euclid's axioms
Familiarity information: EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(mathematics) geometry based on Euclid's axioms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
elementary geometry; Euclidean geometry; parabolic geometry
Hypernyms ("Euclidean 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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