analytic geometry

analytic geometry

n. The analysis of geometric structures and properties principally by algebraic operations on variables defined in terms of position coordinates.

analyt′ic geom′etry

n. a branch of mathematics in which algebraic procedures are applied to geometry and position is represented analytically by coordinates. [1820–30]

an·a·lyt·ic geometry

(ăn′ə-lĭt′ĭk) The use of algebra to solve problems in geometry. In analytic geometry, geometric figures are represented by algebraic equations and plotted using coordinates.

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analytic geometry - the use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate systemanalytical geometry, coordinate geometrymath, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangementgeometry - the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces

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