Riemannian geometry

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Rie·mann·ian geometry | \ rē-ˈmä-nē-ən-

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Definition of Riemannian geometry

: a non-Euclidean geometry in which straight lines are geodesics and in which the parallel postulate is replaced by the postulate that every pair of straight lines intersects

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