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PARALLEL AXIOM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does parallel axiom mean?
• PARALLEL AXIOM (noun)
The noun PARALLEL AXIOM has 1 sense:
1. only one line can be drawn through a point parallel to another line
Familiarity information: PARALLEL AXIOM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Only one line can be drawn through a point parallel to another line
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
Euclid's fifth axiom; parallel axiom
Hypernyms ("parallel 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)
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