coordinate geometry

American  

noun

1. analytic geometry.

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coordinate geometry British  

noun

1. another term for analytical geometry

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Etymology

Origin of coordinate geometry

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

A secant improper may be considered, to use the language of coordinate geometry, as a secant with imaginary points of intersection.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various