(mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry
Used in the same subject area: Mathematics, Mathematical logic.Euclid's first axiom: alternatives and connections
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Euclid's first axiom
a straight line can be drawn between any two points
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(mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry
Used in the same subject area: Mathematics, Mathematical logic.(mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry
Used in the same subject area: Mathematics, Mathematical logic.(logic and mathematics) abstract, theoretical organization of terms and implicit relationships that is used as a tool for the analysis…
Used in the same subject area: Mathematics, Mathematical logic.(mathematics, logic) such that the arguments or roles can be interchanged; "the arguments of the symmetric relation, ‘is a sister of,’…
Used in the same subject area: Mathematics, Mathematical logic.(logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself
Used in the same subject area: Mathematics, Mathematical logic.(logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself
Used in the same subject area: Mathematics, Mathematical logic.(logic and mathematics) a relation between three elements such that if it holds between the first and second and it also holds between…
Used in the same subject area: Mathematics, Mathematical logic.a logical quantifier of a proposition that asserts the existence of at least one thing for which the proposition is true
Used in the same subject area: Mathematics, Mathematical logic.a logical quantifier of a proposition that asserts the existence of at least one thing for which the proposition is true
Used in the same subject area: Mathematics, Mathematical logic.a logical quantifier of a proposition that asserts that the proposition is true for all members of a class of things
Used in the same subject area: Mathematics, Mathematical logic.Words connected by meaning
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The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straight, line, drawn, points.A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straight, line, drawn, points.a straight line connecting two points on a curve
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straight, line, drawn, points.A surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner as always to meet a given straight line and a given curve,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straight, line, drawn, points.A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straight, line, drawn, points.a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straight, line, drawn, points.To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align; as, to dr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straight, line, drawn, points.A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straight, line, drawn, points.(mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a g…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straight, line, drawn, points.(mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a g…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straight, line, drawn, points.A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray being the whole line dr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straight, line, drawn, points.A warped surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner that every point of the line shall have a uniform m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straight, line, drawn, points.A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straight, line, drawn, points.A line drawn through points of equal temperature in a vertical section of the ocean.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straight, line, drawn, points.A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straight, line, drawn, points.A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straight, line, drawn, points.A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joints, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to de…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straight, line, drawn, points.Containing, or consisting of, lines of different kinds, as straight, curved, and the like; as, a mixtilinear angle, that is, an angle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: straight, line, drawn, points.Explore Academic Dictionary
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