analytical geometry

noun

the branch of geometry that uses algebraic notation and analysis to locate a geometric point in terms of a coordinate system; coordinate geometry

Analytical geometry originated with his investigation of the nature and origin of curves.

Analytical Geometry: the representation of geometrical figures and their relations by algebraic equations.

I never should have gone through Analytical Geometry and the Calculus had it not been for those men.

It was too much like Analytical Geometry and Calculus for the popular mind, or even for any but a few patient thinkers.

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