descriptive geometry


noun
  1. 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.

  2. geometry in general, treated by means of projections.

Origin of descriptive geometry

1
First recorded in 1815–25

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British Dictionary definitions for descriptive geometry

descriptive geometry

noun
  1. the study of the projection of three-dimensional figures onto a plane surface

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