ANALYTIC GEOMETRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does analytic geometry mean? 

• ANALYTIC GEOMETRY (noun)
  The noun ANALYTIC GEOMETRY has 1 sense:

1. the use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system

  Familiarity information: ANALYTIC GEOMETRY used as a noun is very rare.

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• ANALYTIC GEOMETRY (noun)

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Meaning:

The use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

analytic geometry; analytical geometry; coordinate geometry

Hypernyms ("analytic geometry" is a kind of...):

geometry (the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)