riemannian geometry

Noun
  1. (mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry that regards space as like a sphere and a line as like a great circle (synset 106016730)
    "Bernhard Riemann pioneered elliptic geometry"
    referred to in: math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
    is a type of: non-euclidean geometry - (mathematics) geometry based on axioms different from Euclid's
    same as: elliptic geometry

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