pangeometry
(pændʒiːˈɒmɪtrɪ)
[f. pan- all + geometry.]
Geometry extended to space of more than three dimensions; universal geometry. So panˈgeometer; ˌpangeoˈmetrical a.
| 1882 J. B. Stallo Concepts Mod. Physics 216 The peculiar tenets of pangeometry. Ibid. (1883) 214 The pangeometers erect a transcendental structure on empirical foundations. Ibid. 208 note, The connection of Gauss's metageometrical or (to use the expression of Lobatschewski) pangeometrical views with his investigations respecting the geometrical interpretation of imaginary quantities. |