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Euclidean

Euclidean

3 8.1
Relating to the geometry of flat space where parallel lines never meet
  • adjective
  • /juˈklɪdiən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : euclidiano
  • In several studies, respondents were asked to judge Euclidean distances between locations.
  • Euclidean geometry
  • Euclidean distance
  • Euclidean space

Now, what is Hilbert space and Euclidean space?

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Examples

  • In school, we learned about Euclidean geometry, which deals with flat surfaces and parallel lines.

  • This is the heart of what we would call Euclidean geometry, the geometry you learn in school.

  • Well, the Euclidean distance is the distance between those two points.

  • It's the basic foundation of Euclidean geometry.

  • If it was just space space, we'd use what's known as the Euclidean distance.

  • The optimal threshold value for sensitivity and specificity on the basis of Euclidean distance was obtained for the current study.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The nearest-neighborhood rule was used to determine the pattern similarity using the Euclidean distance measure.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The variance between samples was quantified using Euclidean distance ranging from 0 to 137.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Hierarchical clustering with the Euclidean distance metric and average linkage was used to generate the hierarchical tree.

    Academic text (2015)
  • All corporeal things will assume the shapes intelligible to Euclidean geometry: rectangles, circles, spheres, cubes, cylinders.

    Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

Euclidian
vsEuclidean
  • Specialized
7.9

Relating to the geometry of flat space using Euclid's ideas

is a variant spelling of the same geometric concept used for that system

Compounds

Euclidean geometry
  • Specialized
1 6.5

Study of flat space and shapes using Euclid's basic rules

Euclidean space
  • Specialized
1 7.6

A space with flat geometry and a fixed number of dimensions, like a flat plane or room

Euclidean axiom
  • Specialized
9.6

A basic rule of geometry on a flat surface used to build proofs

9.9

A way of studying space where flat space rules like triangles summing to 180 degrees do not hold

Surface Forms

Euclidean positive

Morphology

Euclidean = Euclid (transparent) = Euclid + ean

The adjective is formed by adding the productive adjectival suffix '-ean' to the name Euclid, yielding 'relating to Euclid or his geometry', which is directly inferable from the base.

Etymology

Euclidean comes from the name of the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid, who wrote the basic rules of flat geometry, so Euclidean means 'like Euclid's geometry', the kind where space is flat and parallel lines never meet.