orthogonal projection

noun

engineering the method used in engineering drawing of projecting views of the object being described, such as plan, elevation, side view, etc, at right angles to each other

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This last proposition may be stated in the form:—“The orthogonal projection of a circle is an ellipse”; and it permits the ready deduction of many properties of the ellipse from the circle.