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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Related to Euclid, or to the geometry of Euclid.
- noun (Geom.) the kind of space to which the axioms and definitions of Euclid, relative to straight lines and parallel lines, apply; -- called also
flat space , andhomaloidal space .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to geometry as developed by Euclid
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I must get back to my euclidian philosophy (?) book, (emphais added)
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Filed under: artists in review | Tags: crochet reef, crocheted reef, daina taimina, fractals, great crochet reef, hyperbolic space, margaret wertheim, non-euclidian, spinhandspun, the quick and the dead
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I must get back to my euclidian philosophy book ….
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I'm also beginning to realize that such large doses of caffeine (cause Coca-Cola is also a nutrituous breakfast as long as you chase it with some coffee) pushes ones brain beyond the limits of conscious wakefullness or creativity and is slingshotted right into full-blown, non-euclidian insanity of "I read the Nerconomicon and so should you!" levels.
F* the green fairy! I've got caffeine. The black faery? wendigomountain 2008
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Maybe I didn't have enough attention to focus on the book, or my imagination is just not up to snuff, but there was a whole section about an alternate universe with non-euclidian laws which was hard to follow.
Operation Chaos by Poul Anderson John Loyd 2009
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Obviously you now have to work out and perform an appropriate sacrifice and ceremony of appeasement to this Elder God of wheeled thingies, at one of the many public altars of this god in your fine city Middle of the biggest, fanciest roundabout you can find, preferably one with a sculpture of non euclidian aspect.
Transportless StyleyGeek 2008
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Non-euclidian geometries have been constructed by a simple change of the fifth postulate.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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PyWeek - Vectors, matrices and other euclidian fun It occurs to me that there's probably still people who aren't aware of the very cool, quite extensive library of euclidian fun called euclid written by Alex Holkner (of pyglet fame).
PyWeek Diary Entries 2010
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Pi, in a euclidian geometrical formulation MUST be the value it is.
RealClimate 2009
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Pi, in a euclidian geometrical formulation MUST be the value it is.
RealClimate 2009
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