NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY


Meaning of NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY in English

geometry based upon one or more postulates that differ from those of Euclid, esp. from the postulate that only one line may be drawn through a given point parallel to a given line.

[ 1870-75; NON- + EUCLIDEAN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .