hyperbolic geometry (n)

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def (mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry in which the parallel axiom is replaced by the assumption that through any point in a plane there are two or more lines that do not intersect a given line in the plane
examples Karl Gauss pioneered hyperbolic geometry
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Hypernym non-Euclidean geometry
Domain of synset - TOPIC mathematics, math, maths
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Member of this domain - TOPIC mathematics, math, maths
Hyponym non-Euclidean geometry

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