non-Euclidean
differing from the postulates of Euclid or based upon postulates other than those of Euclid.
Origin of non-Euclidean
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How to use non-Euclidean in a sentence
The real basis of the non-Euclidean geometry is dimension as direction.
The Mystery of Space | Robert T. BrowneBut they constitute the substance of non-Euclidean geometry; they are its blood and sinews.
The Mystery of Space | Robert T. BrowneLobachevski has proved not, by creating non-Euclidean geometry.
Permit me for brevity to call such a movement a non-Euclidean displacement.
But it is not enough that the Euclidean (or non-Euclidean) geometry can never be directly contradicted by experience.
Scientific definitions for non-Euclidean
[ nŏn′yōō-klĭd′ē-ən ]
Relating to any of several modern geometries that are based on a set of postulates other than the set proposed by Euclid, especially one in which all of the postulates of Euclidean geometry hold except the parallel postulate. Compare Euclidean.
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