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Definition of Analytic geometry

1. Noun. The use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system.

Definition of Analytic geometry

1. Noun. (geometry) a branch of mathematics that investigates properties of figures through the coordinates of their points. ¹

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Literary usage of Analytic geometry

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1. Non-Euclidean Geometry by Henry Parker Manning (1901)
"ELLIPTIC analytic geometry The Elliptic analytic geometry may be developed just as we have developed the Hyperbolic analytic geometry, and the formulae are ..."

2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Labor, United States Office of Education (1912)
"This course requires an extensive knowledge of geometry, trigonometry, descriptive geometry, and analytic geometry. Electricity, practical. ..."

3. A Short History of Science by William Thompson Sedgwick, Harry Walter Tyler (1917)
"analytic geometry. DESCARTES. —The invention of analytic geometry by Descartes in 1637 and the almost contemporary introduction of integral'calculus as the ..."

4. The American Mathematical Monthly by Mathematical Association of America (1922)
"By Mr. RE GLEASON: analytic geometry. The courses are five hours per week in class through the sessions. When transformed into hours of the ordinary ..."

5. Mathematical Philosophy: A Study of Fate and Freedom; Lectures for Educated by Cassius Jackson Keyser (1922)
"Let us begin with one of the questions that must be asked and can be answered satisfactorily. A Word about analytic geometry and Geometric ..."

6. Higher Mathematics: A Textbook for Classical and Engineering Colleges by Mansfield Merriman, Robert Simpson Woodward (1896)
"analytic geometry. The History of Geometry* may be roughly divided into the four periods: (i) ... The analytic geometry which Descartes gave to the world in ..."

7. Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus by William Anthony Granville, Percey Franklyn Smith (1904)
"... of the student we give the following list of elementary formulas from Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, and analytic geometry.. Binomial Theorem (n being ..."

8. The Place of the Elementary Calculus in the Senior High-school Mathematics by Noah Bryan Rosenberger (1921)
"In analytic geometry, the principal theorems are derived by means of rectangular ... In this year (10) the analytic geometry is also taught in the ..."

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