HyperDic: non-euclidean_geometry

English > 1 sense of the expression non-Euclidean geometry:
NOUNcognitionnon-Euclidean geometry(mathematics) geometry based on axioms different from Euclid's
English > non-Euclidean geometry: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning(mathematics) geometry based on axioms different from Euclid's.
Categorymathematics, math, mathsA science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic / logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
Narrowerelliptic geometry, Riemannian geometry(mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry that regards space as like a sphere and a line as like a great circle
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
BroadergeometryThe pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces
Spanishgeometría no-euclideana
Catalangeometria no euclidiana

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