| stereograph | Any picture, or pair of pictures, prepared for exhibition in the stereoscope. Stereographs are now commonly made by means of photography. Origin: Stereo + -graph. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| stereographic | Made or done according to the rules of stereography; delineated on a plane; as, a stereographic chart of the earth. <geometry> Stereographic projection, a method of representing the sphere in which the center of projection is taken in the surface of the sphere, and the plane upon which the projection is made is at right andles to the diameter passing through the center of projection. Origin: Cf. F. Stereographique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stereographical | Made or done according to the rules of stereography; delineated on a plane; as, a stereographic chart of the earth. <geometry> Stereographic projection, a method of representing the sphere in which the center of projection is taken in the surface of the sphere, and the plane upon which the projection is made is at right andles to the diameter passing through the center of projection. Origin: Cf. F. Stereographique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stereographically | In a stereographical manner; by delineation on a plane. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stereography | The art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane; a branch of solid geometry which shows the construction of all solids which are regularly defined. Illustration: "Stereography". 5 figures, illustrating arrangements of triangles, squares, or pentagons which can be drawn on a surface and folded into the five regular polyhedra. By cutting pieces of cardboard, or other suitable material, in the forms represented in the cut, folding them along the lines indicated, and joining their edges, the five regular solids may be formed. Origin: Stereo + graphy: cf. F. Stereographie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |