ELLIPTIC GEOMETRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does elliptic geometry mean? 

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

1. (mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry that regards space as like a sphere and a line as like a great circle

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELLIPTIC GEOMETRY (noun)

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Meaning:

(mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry that regards space as like a sphere and a line as like a great circle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

elliptic geometry; Riemannian geometry

Context example:

Bernhard Riemann pioneered elliptic geometry

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

non-Euclidean geometry ((mathematics) geometry based on axioms different from Euclid's)

Domain category:

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