English Explanatory Dictionary

stereographic projection

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A function that maps a sphere onto a plane; especially, the map generated by projecting each point of the sphere from the sphere's (designated) north pole to a point on the plane tangent to the south pole.

Word forms

stereographic projection stereographic projections

Related words

inversive geometry Riemann sphere
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