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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


SamplesKarl Gauss pioneered hyperbolic geometry.


Broader (hypernym)non-Euclidean geometry


Domain categorymath, mathematics, maths









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