EUCLID'S SECOND AXIOM

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

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

1. any terminated straight line can be projected indefinitely

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

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• EUCLID'S SECOND AXIOM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any terminated straight line can be projected indefinitely

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Euclid's second 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)