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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry that regards space as like a sphere and a line as like a great circle;
- Example: "Bernhard Riemann pioneered elliptic geometry"
[syn: elliptic geometry, Riemannian geometry]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

elliptic geometry
    n 1: (mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry that regards space
         as like a sphere and a line as like a great circle;
         "Bernhard Riemann pioneered elliptic geometry" [syn:
         elliptic geometry, Riemannian geometry]