hyperbolic geometry
nounGeometry.
the branch of non-Euclidean geometry that replaces the parallel postulate of Euclidean geometry with the postulate that two distinct lines may be drawn parallel to a given line through a point not on the given line.
Origin of hyperbolic geometry
1First recorded in 1870–75
- Compare Riemannian geometry.
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How to use hyperbolic geometry in a sentence
Riemann discovered elliptic metrical geometry, and Lobatchewsky hyperbolic geometry.
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