| NOUN | cognition | hyperbolic geometry | (mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry in which the parallel axiom is replaced by the assumption that through any point in a plane there are two or more lines that do not intersect a given line in the plane |
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| Meaning | (mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry in which the parallel axiom is replaced by the assumption that through any point in a plane there are two or more lines that do not intersect a given line in the plane. | |
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| Example | "Karl Gauss pioneered hyperbolic geometry" | |
| Category | mathematics, math, maths | A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic / logic of quantity and shape and arrangement |
| Broader | non-Euclidean geometry | (mathematics) geometry based on axioms different from Euclid's |
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