Meanings
adjectivenon-Euclidean (not comparable)
alternative noneuclidean
- not comparableOf, or relating to non-Euclidean geometry.
He said that the geometry of the dream-place he saw was abnormal, non-Euclidean, and loathsomely redolent of spheres and dimensions apart from ours.
1928 February, H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft, “The Call of Cthulhu”, in Farnsworth Wright, editor, Weird Tales: A Magazine of the Bizarre and Unusual, volume XI, number 2, Indianapolis, Ind.: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, →OCLC
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- EnglishEuclidean
- Englishnon-Euclidean
Translations
Finnish epäeuklidinen
- epäeuklidinenpertaining to non-Euclidean geometry
French non-euclidien
- non-euclidienpertaining to non-Euclidean geometry
German nichteuklidisch
- nichteuklidischpertaining to non-Euclidean geometry
Hungarian nemeuklideszi
- nemeuklideszipertaining to non-Euclidean geometry
Icelandic óevklíðskur
- óevklíðskurpertaining to non-Euclidean geometry
Polish nieeuklidesowy
- nieeuklidesowypertaining to non-Euclidean geometry
Romanian neeuclidian
- neeuclidianpertaining to non-Euclidean geometry
Cite this entry
APA
non-Euclidean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-Euclidean
MLA
“non-Euclidean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-Euclidean. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “non-Euclidean,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-Euclidean.
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