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parallel projection

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noun

Geometry.

a projection from one plane to a second plane in which the lines joining points on the first plane and corresponding images are parallel.

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It is possible by parallel projection to delineate equal scales along Ox, Oy, Oz by scales having any ratios we like along lines in a plane having any mutual inclinations we like.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

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