Meanings
- uncountablegeometryThe 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.
2 more examples
Having thus noted the distinction between Analytic Geometry and Geometry, let us note in what way it differs from Algebra.
1889, Arthur Sherburne Hardy, Elements of Analytic Geometry, Ginn, published 1891, page 122018, 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe subbranch of geometry that investigates geometrical figures via the mathematical properties of their representations in a coordinate system.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan geometria analítica
- geometria analíticasubbranch of geometry
Chinese Mandarin 解析幾何 /解析几何
- 解析幾何 /解析几何 (jiěxī jǐhé)subbranch of geometry
Finnish analyyttinen geometria
- analyyttinen geometriasubbranch of geometry
French géométrie analytique
- géométrie analytiquesubbranch of geometry
German analytische Geometrie, Vektorgeometrie
- analytische Geometriesubbranch of geometry
- Vektorgeometriesubbranch of geometry
Greek αναλυτική γεωμετρία
- αναλυτική γεωμετρία (analytikí geometría)subbranch of geometry
Hungarian analitikus geometria
- analitikus geometriasubbranch of geometry
Italian geometria analitica
- geometria analiticasubbranch of geometry
Māori āhuahanga taunga
- āhuahanga taungasubbranch of geometry
Persian هندسه تحلیلی
- هندسه تحلیلیsubbranch of geometry
Polish geometria analityczna
- geometria analitycznasubbranch of geometry
Portuguese geometria analítica
- geometria analíticasubbranch of geometry
Russian аналити́ческая геоме́трия
- аналити́ческая геоме́трия (analitíčeskaja geométrija)subbranch of geometry
Spanish geometría analítica
- geometría analíticasubbranch of geometry
Swedish analytisk geometri
- analytisk geometrisubbranch of geometry
Tagalog suriing sukgisan
- suriing sukgisansubbranch of geometry
Turkish analitik geometri
- analitik geometrisubbranch of geometry
Vietnamese hình học giải tích
- hình học giải tíchsubbranch of geometry
Cite this entry
analytic geometry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/analytic%20geometry
“analytic geometry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/analytic%20geometry. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “analytic geometry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/analytic%20geometry.
Source: analytic geometry on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.