analytic geometry


analytic geometry

noun

Definition of ANALYTIC GEOMETRY

: the study of geometric properties by means of algebraic operations upon symbols defined in terms of a coordinate system —called also coordinate geometry

First Known Use of ANALYTIC GEOMETRY

1835

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