Euclidean geometry

noun

geometry based upon the postulates of Euclid, especially the postulate that only one line may be drawn through a given point parallel to a given line.

Origin of Euclidean geometry

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First recorded in 1860–65

Words Nearby Euclidean geometry

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How to use Euclidean geometry in a sentence

On this postulate hang all the "law and the prophets" of the non-Euclidean geometry.
The Mystery of Space | Robert T. Browne
The proof itself is borrowed, with slight alterations, from Cuthbertson's "Euclidean geometry."
The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll | Stuart Dodgson Collingwood

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