axonometric
- adjective
- /ˌæksəˈnɒmɪtɪk/
- Specialized
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axonométrico
- It has been drawn in axonometric perspective on plywood cutouts, producing an illusionistic depth that projects the same obliqueness as that of the screen suspended in real space.
Examples
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The architect used an axonometric drawing to illustrate how the new building would look from different angles.
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In the art class, we learned how to create axonometric representations of various objects to showcase their dimensions.
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You see this cross section plan and axonometric view from Ward Perkins here and you can get a very good sense of this.
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Scolari's Gate is a fiercely symmetrical brick portal constructed in unsettling axonometric angles.
Blog text (16) -
On the ground, in half-darkness, stood seventeen plywood sheets cut into the silhouettes of furniture drawn in axonometric perspective and held upright by little brackets.
Academic text (1998) -
The axonometric sketches helped the students visualize the complex shapes of the sculptures in three dimensions.
Surface Forms
Morphology
axonometric = axonometry (opaque) = axono + metry + ic
The combining forms 'axono-' and '-metry' are specialized/obscure elements unlikely to be known to average learners, so the adjective's meaning cannot be derived from common English bases.
Etymology
Axonometric comes from Greek parts axōn 'axis' and metron 'measure', and you can see the same idea in the English word axis. So an axonometric view describes a drawing that shows a 3D shape by measuring along its axes and using parallel lines instead of perspective.
