analytical geometry

  • 1Analytical geometry — analytical analytical adj. 1. of or pertaining to analysis (definition 2). [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Logic) of a proposition; necessarily true independent of fact or experience, such as all spinsters are unmarried . Opposite of {synthetic}. Also See: {a… …

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  • 2Analytical geometry — Geometry Ge*om e*try, n.; pl. {Geometries}[F. g[ e]om[ e]trie, L. geometria, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to measure land; ge a, gh^, the earth + ? to measure. So called because one of its earliest and most important applications was to the measurement of… …

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  • 3Analytical Geometry — Mathematics Math e*mat ics, n. [F. math[ e]matiques, pl., L. mathematica, sing., Gr. ? (sc. ?) science. See {Mathematic}, and { ics}.] That science, or class of sciences, which treats of the exact relations existing between quantities or… …

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  • 4analytical geometry — noun the use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system • Syn: ↑analytic geometry, ↑coordinate geometry • Topics: ↑mathematics, ↑math, ↑maths • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 5analytical geometry — /ænəˌlɪtɪkəl dʒiˈɒmətri/ (say anuh.litikuhl jee omuhtree) noun geometry treated by algebra, the position of any point being determined by numbers which are its coordinates with respect to a system of coordinates; coordinate geometry …

  • 6analytical geometry — noun geometry making use of coordinates …

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  • 7analytical — adj. 1. of or pertaining to analysis (definition 2). [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Logic) of a proposition; necessarily true independent of fact or experience, such as all spinsters are unmarried . Opposite of {synthetic}. Also See: {a priori}, {deductive,… …

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  • 8Analytical table — analytical analytical adj. 1. of or pertaining to analysis (definition 2). [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Logic) of a proposition; necessarily true independent of fact or experience, such as all spinsters are unmarried . Opposite of {synthetic}. Also See: {a… …

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  • 9Geometry — Ge*om e*try, n.; pl. {Geometries}[F. g[ e]om[ e]trie, L. geometria, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to measure land; ge a, gh^, the earth + ? to measure. So called because one of its earliest and most important applications was to the measurement of the earth s …

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  • 10analytical — adj. 1 using analytic methods. 2 Philol. using separate words instead of inflections (cf. SYNTHETIC). Phrases and idioms: analytical geometry geometry using coordinates. Derivatives: analytically adv …

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