English Explanatory Dictionary

point at infinity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An asymptotic point in 3-dimensional space, viewed from some point, at which parallel lines appear to meet and which in perspective drawing is represented as a vanishing point.
  2. Any point added to a space to achieve projective completion.
  3. An ideal point.

Word forms

point at infinity points at infinity

Synonyms

ideal point omega point

Related words

line at infinity plane at infinity hyperplane at infinity vanishing point
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