analytic geometry

== English == === Noun === analytic geometry (uncountable) (geometry) The subbranch of geometry that investigates geometrical figures via the mathematical properties of their representations in a coordinate system. 1921, Claude Irwin Palmer, William Charles Krathwohl, Analytic Geometry, McGraw-Hill, page 261, In plane analytic geometry, all the points and lines are confined to one plane. 2018, Peter Kuhfittig, Technical Calculus with Analytic Geometry, 5th Edition, Cengage Learning (BROOKS/COLE), page 1, Analytic geometry may be defined as the study of classical geometry by means of algebra. ==== Synonyms ==== Cartesian geometry coordinate geometry ==== Coordinate terms ==== affine geometry synthetic geometry ==== Derived terms ==== complex analytic geometry real analytic geometry ==== Translations ==== === See also === affine geometry algebraic geometry differential geometry projective geometry synthetic geometry === Further reading === Analytic geometry and algebraic geometry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Coordinate system on Wikipedia.Wikipedia