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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to Euclid's geometric principles.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Euclid, an illustrious Greek mathematician (who lived about 300
b. c. ), the author of the “Elements of Geometry,” which has been the chief text-book of this subject down to recent times, and is still much used in England. - Of or pertaining to Euclid, or Eukleides, Arch on Eponymos of Athens for the year 403
b. c. - Also spelled
Eukleidean .
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- adjective geometry Adhering to the principles of traditional
geometry , in whichparallel lines areequidistant . - adjective Of or relating to Euclid's Elements, especially to
Euclidean geometry .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to geometry as developed by Euclid
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The term Euclidean quantum gravity may make you want to nod off.
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The term Euclidean quantum gravity may make you want to nod off.
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Metric tensors are used to define the angle between and length of tangent vectors (somewhat analogous to the dot product of vectors in Euclidean space)
Bad Language: Metric vs Metric Tensor vs Matrix Form vs Line Element 2009
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Just as it is unscientific to look for square circles in Euclidean geometry, so it is unscientific at this stage to look for purely chemical and physical explanations for life.
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Not in Euclidean geometry, another abstract system.
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Metric tensors are used to define the angle between and length of tangent vectors (somewhat analogous to the dot product of vectors in Euclidean space)
Bad Language: Metric vs Metric Tensor vs Matrix Form vs Line Element 2009
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For example, photons (which appear as particles in Euclidean space traveling at the speed of light) take advantage of the ultimate "shortcut" available in Minkowskian geometry.
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For example, photons (which appear as particles in Euclidean space traveling at the speed of light) take advantage of the ultimate "shortcut" available in Minkowskian geometry.
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Approximately equal to 3.14159, Pi represents the ratio of any circle’s circumference to its diameter in Euclidean geometry.
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Approximately equal to 3.14159, Pi represents the ratio of any circle’s circumference to its diameter in Euclidean geometry.
3/14 is Pi Day! 2008
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