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analytic geometry
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analytic geometry
n.
The analysis of geometric structures and properties principally by algebraic operations on variables defined in terms of position coordinates.
analytic geometry  (n-ltk)
The use of algebra to solve problems in geometry, whereby geometric figures are represented by algebraic equations and plotted using coordinates.
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Noun1.analytic geometry - the use of algebra to study geometric propertiesanalytic geometry - the use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system
analytical geometry, coordinate geometry
math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
geometry - the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces
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