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单词 metageometrical
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metageometricaladj.

Brit. /ˌmɛtəˌdʒiːəˈmɛtrᵻkl/, /ˌmɛtəˌdʒɪəˈmɛtrᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈˌmɛdəˌdʒiəˈmɛtrək(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meta- prefix, geometrical adj. and n.
Etymology: < meta- prefix + geometrical adj. and n. Compare later metageometry n.
Mathematics. Now rare.
Of or relating to non-Euclidean geometry.
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stereometrical1656
Apollonian1704
Euclidean1714
isoperimetrical1743
stereotomical1828
stereotomic1860
stereometric1862
graphic1865
parabolic1872
metageometrical1882
pangeometrical1882
Riemannian1889
synthetic1889
polygonometric1890
Lobachevskian1896
topological1913
1882 J. B. Stallo Concepts Mod. Physics 258 ‘Space in general’ (as distinguished from ‘flat space’, in the metageometrical sense).
1905 Mind 14 460 The investigations of meta-geometricians seem to show that our Euclidean space is only a special case of a space of an indefinite number of dimensions, and that it would be theoretically possible..to calculate the spatial properties of bodies by means of any one of those meta-geometrical space-concepts.
1919 R. T. Browne Mystery of Space ix. 315 That other datum of metageometrical knowledge..postulates the ultimate convergence of parallel lines.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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