EUCLID'S FIFTH AXIOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Euclid's fifth axiom mean? 

• EUCLID'S FIFTH AXIOM (noun)
  The noun EUCLID'S FIFTH AXIOM has 1 sense:

1. only one line can be drawn through a point parallel to another line

  Familiarity information: EUCLID'S FIFTH AXIOM used as a noun is very rare.

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• EUCLID'S FIFTH AXIOM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Only one line can be drawn through a point parallel to another line

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Euclid's fifth axiom; parallel axiom

Hypernyms ("Euclid's fifth axiom" is a kind of...):

Euclid's axiom; Euclid's postulate; Euclidean axiom ((mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry)