spherical geometry

Noun

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  1. (mathematics) the geometry of figures on the surface of a sphereType of geometry
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Spherical geometry

that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface.

From the entry Spheric.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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