An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Euclidean space
  فضای ِ اقلیدوسی  
fazâ-ye Oqlidosi
Fr.: espace euclidean  

A space in which the → distance between any two points is given by the → Pythagorean theorem: d2 = (Δx)2 + (Δy)2 + (Δz)2, where d is distance and Δx, Δy, and Δz are differential → Cartesian coordinates. Euclidean n-space Rn is the set of all column vectors with n real entries.

See also: → Euclidean; → space.