stereographic projection

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noun Mathematics.

a one-to-one correspondence between the points on a sphere and the extended complex plane where the north pole on the sphere corresponds to the point at infinity of the plane.

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Compare extended complex plane.

Origin of stereographic projection

First recorded in 1695–1705

Words nearby stereographic projection

stereoencephalotomy, stereognosis, stereogram, stereograph, stereographer, stereographic projection, stereography, stereoimage, stereoisomer, stereoisomeric, stereoisomerism

Example sentences from the Web for stereographic projection

Oftentimes public fear like this can be a self-indulgent kind of collective astral projection.
The Real Nightmare of Ferguson|James Poulos|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Most gun nuts have them less for self-protection than self-projection.
Brooklyn Shooting Hits Close to Bill de Blasio’s Park Slope Home|Michael Daly|July 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I sat there in the projection booth and thought, “Oh my god, you could tell a story this way?”
Paul Haggis on Scientology, the ‘Crash’ Oscar, and ‘Third Person’|Kevin Fallon|June 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The walking-and-talking projection is estimated to have cost about $400,000 and took four months to complete.
Michael Jackson's Crazy Billboard Awards Performance and More Hologram Wins and Fails (VIDEO)|The Daily Beast|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Although it is being called a hologram, it was actually a 2-D projection.
Michael Jackson's Crazy Billboard Awards Performance and More Hologram Wins and Fails (VIDEO)|The Daily Beast|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was round, with a small, rectangular projection for the operator's controls and calculator.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
In a moment her mind lost its tensity of projection and she was almost flying down her own long stair.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
They are brown, ovoid in shape, about 50 long, and have a button-like projection at each end (Fig. 101).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
At one o'clock we were near a low sandy projection round which the coast extends to the East-North-East and forms a shallow bay.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
The projection of land fixed upon for the site of a town, was named after the commandant (Captain Barlow).
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King

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