Non-Euclidean Definition

nŏnyo͝o-klĭdē-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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Non-Euclidean Sentence Examples

  • From the early 1800s Gauss had an interest in the question of the possible existence of a non-Euclidean geometry.

  • The most significant discoveries of KSU include non-Euclidean geometry, obtaining aniline from nitrobenzene, new element ruthenium, phenomenon of EPR.

  • The most significant discoveries of KSU include non-Euclidean geometry, obtaining aniline from nitrobenzene, new element Ruthenium, phenomenon of EPR.

  • A special application of his theory of continuous groups was to the general problem of non-Euclidean geometry.

  • He was much interested, too, in universal algebra, non-Euclidean geometry and elliptic functions, his papers "Preliminary Sketch of Bi-quaternions" (1873) and "On the Canonical Form and Dissection of a Riemann's Surface" (1877) ranking as classics.

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