euclidean geometry
noun
variants
often Euclidean geometry
1
: geometry based on Euclid's axioms
2
: the geometry of a euclidean space
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Unlike navigating on a flat map using Euclidean geometry, aeronautical navigation requires solving complex problems by calculating position and plotting courses on a model of the Earth as an ellipsoid, or a sphere.
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Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Her grammar consisted of triangles, the razor-blade shape, and rhombuses, sometimes in which quadrilaterals—a color-rich, playful visualization of Euclidean geometry—jostled with figuration.
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Percy Zvomuya,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
By including those points, projective geometry could be merged with Euclidean geometry in a way that was consistent for both systems.
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Richard Jensen,
Scientific American,
28 Apr. 2025
The general idea is that there are truths that can never formally be proved, as long as these truths are within a formal system, such as basic arithmetic or Euclidean geometry.
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Theodore McDarrah,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
Teorema, which in English means theorem, also evokes the Pythagorean theorem of Euclidean geometry — angular shapes are very much at the heart of this new collection.
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Sofia Celeste,
WWD,
3 Sep. 2019
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Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Her grammar consisted of triangles, the razor-blade shape, and rhombuses, sometimes in which quadrilaterals—a color-rich, playful visualization of Euclidean geometry—jostled with figuration.
—
Percy Zvomuya,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
By including those points, projective geometry could be merged with Euclidean geometry in a way that was consistent for both systems.
—
Richard Jensen,
Scientific American,
28 Apr. 2025
The general idea is that there are truths that can never formally be proved, as long as these truths are within a formal system, such as basic arithmetic or Euclidean geometry.
—
Theodore McDarrah,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
Teorema, which in English means theorem, also evokes the Pythagorean theorem of Euclidean geometry — angular shapes are very much at the heart of this new collection.
—
Sofia Celeste,
WWD,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Euclidean geometry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/euclidean%20geometry. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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