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hyperbolic geometry

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Noun

  1. A type of geometry that rejects the parallel postulate. Given a straight line L and a point p not on L, more than one straight line can be drawn through p without intersecting L.
  2. A non-Euclidean geometry, that features the hyperbola as geodesic, and has constant negative curvature

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