descriptive geometry
Americannoun
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the theory of making projections of any accurately defined figure such that its projective as well as its metrical properties can be deduced from them.
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geometry in general, treated by means of projections.
noun
Etymology
Origin of descriptive geometry
First recorded in 1815–25
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In descriptive geometry two straight lines in a plane do not necessarily intersect, and a straight line is an open series without beginning or end.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
The skill of hand developed in the elementary course makes it possible to give entire attention to a study of the principles in the course in descriptive geometry.
From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Paul Klapper
It comprehends mathematics, analysis applied to descriptive geometry and to the mechanism of solids and fluids, stereotomy, drawing, civil architecture, fortification, general physics, chymistry, mineralogy, and their application to the arts.
From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Francis W. Blagdon
The renaissance may be said to date from the invention by Monge17 of the theory of descriptive geometry.
From An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry by Derrick Norman Lehmer
A course in descriptive geometry followed by an elementary technical course.
From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Paul Klapper
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