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spherical geometry

noun

Definition of spherical geometry

: the geometry of figures on a sphere

Examples of spherical geometry in a Sentence

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 Our taxonomy of compact surfaces becomes: one surface with spherical geometry (the sphere), one surface with Euclidean geometry (the torus), and infinitely many surfaces with hyperbolic geometry (all the tori with more than one hole). — Quanta Magazine, "Getting Into Shapes: From Hyperbolic Geometry to Cube Complexes and Back," 2 Oct. 2012

First Known Use of spherical geometry

1728, in the meaning defined above

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