noun
a space in which Euclid's axioms and definitions apply; a metric space that is linear and finite-dimensional
• Hypernyms: ↑metric space
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nounUsage: often capitalized E
: the space to which Euclid's axioms and definitions (as of straight and parallel lines, angles of plane triangles) apply
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Math.
1. ordinary two- or three-dimensional space.
2. any vector space on which a real-valued inner product is defined.
Also called Cartesian space.
[1880-85]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.