SPHERICAL GEOMETRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spherical geometry mean? 

• SPHERICAL GEOMETRY (noun)
  The noun SPHERICAL GEOMETRY has 1 sense:

1. (mathematics) the geometry of figures on the surface of a sphere

  Familiarity information: SPHERICAL GEOMETRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPHERICAL GEOMETRY (noun)

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Meaning:

(mathematics) the geometry of figures on the surface of a sphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("spherical 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)