stereographic projection

American  

noun

Mathematics.

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of stereographic projection

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

The 3D-printed sculpture pictured above shows how a stereographic projection translates from a sphere to a plane—the curves on the sphere become straight lines on the plane.

From Science Magazine

The 3D-printed sculpture pictured above shows how a stereographic projection translates from a sphere to a plane — the curves on the sphere become straight lines on the plane.

From Science Magazine

The kind of projection most extensively used is the “stereographic projection.”

From Project Gutenberg

The stereographic projection, however, represents the poles and zone-circles on a plane surface and not on a spherical surface.

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A stereographic projection of a rhombohedral crystal is given in fig.

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