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Euclidian

Euclidian \Eu*clid"i*an\, n. Related to Euclid, or to the geometry of Euclid.

Euclidian space (Geom.), the kind of space to which the axioms and definitions of Euclid, relative to straight lines and parallel lines, apply; -- called also flat space, and homaloidal space. [1913 Webster] ||

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euclidian

adj. relating to geometry as developed by Euclid; "Euclidian geometry" [syn: euclidean]

Usage examples of "euclidian".

I was about to walk to the third hole, but realized that since the backyard was no longer in the realm of Euclidian Geometry, there was no reason that I should limit myself to operating in a world of Euclidian Geometry.

In turn you must learn arithmetic, Euclidian geometry, high school algebra, differential and integral calculus, ordinary and partial differential equations, vector calculus, certain special functions of mathematical physics.

It can be said that mankind has benefited from them in some degree, even though it should never be forgotten that in our Euclidian world every stick has two ends.

The waiter swallowed, pen poised over the tablet, ready for the Euclidian translation.

This wall was a precise 1:2 rectangle, and the stairs mounted from one corner to the opposite in a satisfyingly Euclidian 30 degrees.

I long ago reached the conclusion that Euclidian precision with a machine-gun can be determined by a simple mathematical, or I should say algebraical, formula.

He says that Euclidian geometry is not applicable to the material world.

Boston sky that instead of a kindly curved blue dome with your clouds and your stars and sun was a flat square coldly Euclidian grid with black axes and a thread-fine reseau of lines creating grid-type coordinates, the whole grid the same color as a D.

They suppose that Euclidian Geometry is in conformity with Nature because the actual measurements of the interior angles of a triangle tell us that their sum is in fact equal to two right angles, just as Euclid tells us that theoretical considerations declare to be the case.