Word
hyperbolic geometry, n.
(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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hyperbolic geometry
sample sentences
"Karl Gauss pioneered hyperbolic geometry"
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
mathematics, math, maths
hypernym
non-Euclidean geometry