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non-Euclidean
non-Euclidean definition
non·-Euclidean (nän′yo̵̅o̅ klid′ē ən)
adjective
designating or of a geometry that rejects any of the postulates of Euclidean geometry, esp. the postulate that through a given point only one line can be drawn parallel to another line that does not contain the given point
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