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Euclidean geometry
  هندسه‌ی ِ اقلیدوسی  
hendese-ye Oqlidosi (#)
Fr.: géométrie euclidienne  

The geometry based on the postulates or descriptions of Euclid. One of the critical assumptions of the Euclidean geometry is given in his fifth postulate: through a point not on a line, one and only one line be drawn parallel to the given line. See also → non-Euclidean geometry.

See also: → Euclidean; → geometry.