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analytic geometry

–noun
a branch of mathematics in which algebraic procedures are applied to geometry and position is represented analytically by coordinates.


Origin:
1820–30
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analytic geometry  
n.  The analysis of geometric structures and properties principally by algebraic operations on variables defined in terms of position coordinates.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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