euclid's fifth axiom

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   only one line can be drawn through a point parallel to another line

   Synonymsparallel axiom

   BroaderEuclid's axiom

Questions about euclid's fifth axiom

What does euclid's fifth axiom mean?

euclid's fifth axiom means "only one line can be drawn through a point parallel to another line".

What is another word for euclid's fifth axiom?

Close synonyms include parallel axiom. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is euclid's fifth axiom a common word?

euclid's fifth axiom is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.