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hyperbolic geometry
Definition: (mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry in which the parallel axiom is replaced by the assumption that through any point in a plane there are two or more lines that do not intersect a given line in the plane; "Karl Gauss pioneered hyperbolic geometry"
Definition: A type of geometry that rejects the parallel postulate. Given a straight line L and a point P not on the line, more than one straight line can be drawn through P without intersecting L.