stereographic
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- adjective
- /ˌstɛrɪəˈɡræfɪk/
- Specialized
- Every point on the sphere can be identified with a point in the on the plane by so-called stereographic projection.
- stereographic image
Examples
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So this is the Jack O Lantern stereographic projection, which is something I love to draw at this time of year.
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Now this, what this is, is it's actually the analog of the stereographic projection.
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Direct eye contact, while generally avoided in photographs drawing from painterly traditions, is one convention of stereographic photography.
Academic text (2007) -
Each robotic rover is equipped with 360-degree stereographic views of the cold, rocky terrain and has an arm for putting instruments against the rocks and soil.
Academic text (2003) -
Wyckoff's graphic innovation in this image—superimposing the stereographic and gnomonic projections—is a typical twentieth-century move toward greater complexity.
Academic text (1995) -
The Laue pattern is a stereographic projection and the surrounding field a gnomonic projection—both cartographic methods first applied to crystals in the early and middle nineteenth century.
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The artist created a stereographic image that allowed viewers to see the landscape in 3D.
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Using a stereographic technique, the scientist represented the data in a two-dimensional format.
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The stereographic projection helps to visualize complex shapes in a simpler two-dimensional diagram.
Synonyms
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Of a drawing that shows a three-dimensional object using parallel lines, not perspective
Relating to drawings that show three-dimensional objects as flat top, front, or side views
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stereographic comes from the Greek parts stereo- meaning 'solid' or 'three-dimensional' and -graphic meaning 'drawing' or 'writing', the same ending you see in photograph. So a stereographic method is a way of 'drawing' or showing solid, 3D things on a flat surface, which is why it is used for maps and diagrams.