analytic geometry

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analytic geometry

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

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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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analytic 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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