English noun: hyperbolic geometry | |||
1. | hyperbolic geometry (cognition) (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 | ||
Samples | Karl Gauss pioneered hyperbolic geometry. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | non-Euclidean geometry | ||
Domain category | math, mathematics, maths | ||