English Explanatory Dictionary

collineation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of collineating; collimation.
  2. An isomorphism from one projective space to another, often to itself.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-collineation.wav

Word forms

collineation collineations

Etymology

From Latin collineare to direct in a straight line. See collimation.

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