analytical geometry

noun

the branch of geometry that uses algebraic notation and analysis to locate a geometric point in terms of a coordinate system; coordinate geometry

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analytical geometry originated with his investigation of the nature and origin of curves.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern Volume 11 | Various
analytical geometry: the representation of geometrical figures and their relations by algebraic equations.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 | Various
I never should have gone through analytical geometry and the Calculus had it not been for those men.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 | John Tyndall
It was too much like analytical geometry and Calculus for the popular mind, or even for any but a few patient thinkers.
Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation | Jesse H. Jones

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