ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY

a branch of mathematics developed in the 1600s which merged arithmetic (the practice of computing with numbers by addition, subtraction, multiplication and division), algebra (the branch of mathematics in which letters and symbols are used to represent quantities) and geometry (the branch of mathematics that deals with lines, angles, surfaces and solids). I was flunked in analytical geometry, and I was flunked resoundingly! I was given a great big "F."a branch of mathematics developed in the 1600s which merged arithmetic, algebra and geometry. It set forth the idea that a pair of numbers can determine a position one number as a distance measured horizontally, the other as a distance measured vertically. See also algebra and geometry in this glossary. I was flunked in analytical geometry, and I was flunked resoundingly! - Study and Intention (18 Aug. 66)