Synonyms of hyperbolic geometry

Noun


1. hyperbolic geometry, non-Euclidean geometry

usage: (mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry in which the parallel axiom is replaced by the assumption that through any point in a plane there are two or more lines that do not intersect a given line in the plane; "Karl Gauss pioneered hyperbolic geometry"

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