projective property

American

noun

a geometric property that is unaltered by projection; a property of relative position, as coincidence or length, but not of magnitude.

Etymology

Origin of projective property

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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Any property of a plane figure which necessarily also belongs to any projectively related figure, is called a projective property.

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

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