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English noun: elliptic geometry

1. elliptic geometry (cognition) (mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry that regards space as like a sphere and a line as like a great circle


SamplesBernhard Riemann pioneered elliptic geometry.


SynonymsRiemannian geometry


Broader (hypernym)non-Euclidean geometry


Domain categorymath, mathematics, maths









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