Geometry
Of mathematics and pure mathematics.
The pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces.
This concept's ID is @1~32502
Mathematics
- non-Euclidean geometry
(mathematics) geometry based on axioms different from Euclid's; "non-Euclidean...
- affine geometry
The geometry of affine transformations.
- elementary geometry
(mathematics) geometry based on Euclid's axioms.
- fractal geometry
(mathematics) the geometry of fractals; "Benoit Mandelbrot pioneered fractal g...
- spherical geometry
(mathematics) the geometry of figures on the surface of a sphere.
- analytic geometry
The use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined...
- plane geometry
The geometry of 2-dimensional figures.
- solid geometry
The geometry of 3-dimensional space.
- projective geometry
The geometry of properties that remain invariant under projection.
Also contains
- conic section
(geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone.
- section
(geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid.
- square
(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular...
- pencil
A figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point.
- eccentricity
(geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance...
- superposition
(geometry) the placement of one object ideally in the position of another one in order...
- inclination
(geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise...
- duality
(geometry) the interchangeability of the roles of points and planes in the theorems of projective...
- diagonal
(geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjac...
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- geometer
A mathematician specializing in geometry.