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complex geometry

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The study of complex manifolds, complex algebraic varieties, and functions of several complex variables.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • Included in complex geometry are the application of transcendental methods to algebraic geometry, as well as the more geometric aspects of complex analysis.
  • 2004, Yum-Tong-Siu, Hyperbolicity in Complex Geometry, Olav Arnfinn Lauda, Ragni Piene (editors), The Legacy of Niels Henrik Abel, Springer, page 543, The hyperbolicity problem in complex geometry studies the conditions for a given complex manifold X to be hyperbolic.

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noun

Meaning 2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see complex, geometry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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  • Italian: geometria complessa — field of mathematics
  • Russian: комплексная геометрия (kompleksnaja geometrija) — field of mathematics