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Euclidean geometry

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The familiar geometry of the real world, based on the parallel postulate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

(mathematics) geometry based on Euclid's axioms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: elementary geometry, parabolic geometry

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: geometry

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: هَنْدَسَة إِقْلِيدِيَّة (handasa ʔiqlīdiyya) — mathematical system
  • Bengali: ইউক্লিডীয় জ্যামিতি (iukliḍiẏo jêmiti) — mathematical system
  • Bulgarian: евкли́дова геометри́я (evklídova geometríja) — mathematical system
  • Catalan: geometria euclidiana — mathematical system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歐幾里德幾何 /欧几里德几何 (Ōujǐlǐdé jǐhé) — mathematical system
  • Czech: euklidovská geometrie — mathematical system
  • Danish: euklidisk geometri — mathematical system
  • Dutch: euclidische meetkunde — mathematical system
  • Estonian: eukleidese geomeetria — mathematical system
  • Finnish: euklidinen geometria — mathematical system
  • French: géométrie euclidienne — mathematical system
  • Georgian: ევკლიდური გეომეტრია (evḳliduri geomeṭria) — mathematical system
  • German: euklidische Geometrie — mathematical system
  • Greek: ευκλείδεια γεωμετρία (efkleídeia geometría) — mathematical system
  • Hebrew: גאומטריה אוקלידית (geometría evklidít) — mathematical system
  • Hungarian: euklideszi geometria — mathematical system
  • Icelandic: evklíðsk rúmfræði — mathematical system
  • Ido: euklidana spaco — mathematical system
  • Italian: geometria euclidea — mathematical system
  • Japanese: ユークリッド幾何学 (yūkuriddo kikagaku) — mathematical system
  • Korean: 유클리드 기하학 (yukeullideu gihahak) — mathematical system
  • Macedonian: Евклидова геометрија (Evklidova geometrija) — mathematical system
  • Persian: هندسه اقلیدسی (hendese oqlidsi) — mathematical system
  • Polish: geometria euklidesowa — mathematical system
  • Portuguese: geometria euclidiana — mathematical system
  • Romanian: geometrie euclidiană — mathematical system
  • Russian: евкли́дова геометри́я (jevklídova geometríja) — mathematical system
  • Serbo-Croatian: еуклидска геометрија — mathematical system
  • Serbo-Croatian: euklidska geometrija — mathematical system
  • Spanish: geometría euclidiana — mathematical system
  • Swedish: euklidisk geometri — mathematical system
  • Turkish: öklid geometrisi — mathematical system