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1. (n.) Riemannian geometry
the branch of non-Euclidean geometry that replaces the parallel postulate of Euclidean geometry with the postulate that in a plane every pair of distinct lines intersects.
Etymology: (1910–15; after G. F. B. Riemann)
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1. (noun) elliptic geometry, Riemannian geometry
(mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry that regards space as like a sphere and a line as like a great circle
"Bernhard Riemann pioneered elliptic geometry"
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