HyperDic: elliptic_geometry

English > 1 sense of the expression elliptic geometry:
NOUNcognitionelliptic geometry, Riemannian geometry(mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry that regards space as like a sphere and a line as like a great circle
English > elliptic geometry: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning(mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry that regards space as like a sphere and a line as like a great circle.
Example"Bernhard Riemann pioneered elliptic geometry"
SynonymRiemannian geometry
Categorymathematics, math, mathsA science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic / logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
Broadernon-Euclidean geometry(mathematics) geometry based on axioms different from Euclid's

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