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Pro-jec′tion.


Drawing.) The representation on a plane surface of the parts of an object.

The gnomonic projection. The eye is placed in the center of the sphere.

The orthographic projection. The eye is supposed to be at an infinite distance.

The stenographic projection. The eye is placed on the surface of the sphere.

The isometric projection. The projections of three equal lines parallel respectively to three rectangular axes are equal to one another.

The perspective projection. Represented on the perspective plan.

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