non-Euclidean geometry

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Alternative forms

• noneuclidean geometry US

Noun

non-Euclidean geometry (plural non-Euclidean geometries)

1. (geometry) Any system of geometry not based on the set of axioms of Euclidean geometry, which is based on the three-dimensional space of common experience.

Antonyms

• Euclidean geometry

Translations

Any system of geometry not based on the set of axioms of Euclidean geometry

• Czech: neeuklidovská geometrie (cs) f
• Finnish: epäeuklidinen geometria
• French: géométrie non euclidienne f
• Hungarian: nemeuklideszi geometria

• Icelandic: óevklíðsk rúmfræði (is) f
• Italian: geometria non euclidea f
• Macedonian: неевклидова геометрија (mk) (neevklídova geométrija) f
• Serbo-Croatian: neeuklidska geometrija (sh) f

See also

• absolute geometry
• elliptic geometry
• hyperbolic geometry
• parallel postulate

See also

• Euclidean geometry
• elliptic geometry
• hyperbolic geometry