hyperbolic geometry

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noun Geometry.

the branch of non-Euclidean geometry that replaces the parallel postulate of Euclidean geometry with the postulate that two distinct lines may be drawn parallel to a given line through a point not on the given line.

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Compare Riemannian geometry.

Origin of hyperbolic geometry

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby hyperbolic geometry

hyperbilirubinemia, hyperbola, hyperbole, hyperbolic, hyperbolic function, hyperbolic geometry, hyperbolic paraboloid, hyperbolism, hyperbolize, hyperboloid, Hyperborean

How to use hyperbolic geometry in a sentence

Walking through the center of town near Dunne Park offers keen observers a hidden funfair of skewed geometry.
Silicon Valley Mansions, Swallowed Alive|Geoff Manaugh|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Again his language was hyperbolic, saying that the scheme would do more damage than the Luftwaffe had managed in World War II.
Imagining Prince Charles as King Makes All of Britain Wish They Could Leave Like Scotland|Clive Irving|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Everything becomes a sort of calculation against the geometry and parabolas of the IDF.
Dodging Rockets in Afghanistan as the Taliban’s Fighting Season Begins|Nick Willard|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But this new crop of hyperbolic Clintonistas seems different.
Hollywood's Obsession With Hillary Clinton-Like Villains, From 'Divergent' to 'The Hunger Games'|Andrew Romano|March 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He turned his thesis into the book Geometric Perturbation Theory in Physics on the new developments in differential geometry.
This is What Happens When You Teach Machines the Power of Natural Selection|James Barrat|February 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Philosophy kept pace with geometry, and those who observed Nature also gloried in abstruse calculations.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
In the Grammar Schools were also taught music and geometry, and these made complete the ordinary education of boyhood.
The Private Life of the Romans|Harold Whetstone Johnston
When the rest of the sentence is added, “trying to learn my geometry lesson,” the whole has to be reconstructed.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
It is thought that geometry was introduced into Greece from Egypt, and astronomy and arithmetic from Phœnicia.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3)|Strabo
He saw in painting a sort of abstract geometry for which there existed hard-and-fast forms.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther