STEREOGRAPHY

Etymology

Noun

stereography (usually uncountable, plural stereographies)

Any technique for representing solid objects in two dimensions

stereoscopic photography, and the production of stereographs

Source: Wiktionary


Ste`re*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Stereo- + graphy: cf. F. stéréographie.]

Definition: 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.

Note: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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