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Definition of Descriptive geometry

1. Noun. The geometry of properties that remain invariant under projection.

Definition of Descriptive geometry

1. Noun. A graphical protocol which creates three-dimensional virtual space on a two-dimensional plane. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Descriptive Geometry

Literary usage of Descriptive geometry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Engineering Drawing for Students and Draftsmen by Thomas Ewing French (1918)
"CHURCH, ALBERT E.—Elements of descriptive geometry. 286 pp. rev. ed. $2.25. Am. Book Co., NY, 1911. This book has been a standard ever since its original ..."

2. The Principles of Mathematics by Bertrand Russell (1903)
"First, can projective and descriptive Geometry be established without any ... The distinction l>etween protective and descriptive Geometry is very recent, ..."

3. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"Of descriptive geometry, it may further be said that it usefully ... Yet, as destined to an industrial application, descriptive geometry has cation, ..."

4. Proceedings by American Society for Engineering Education (1898)
"THE CONSTRUCTION OF MODELS BY STUDENTS AS AN AID IN TEACHING descriptive geometry. BY HENRY S. JACOBY. Associate Professor of Bridge Engineering and ..."

5. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1893)
"A volume on ' descriptive geometry and the Theory of Solids/ which was to have completed this part of the course, was never published. ..."

6. Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900: Subject Index by Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod (1908)
"(See also 3620, Trigonometry 468-469 Spherical Triangles 470-471 6840 Descriptive geometry ; perspective ... 472 6430 Methods of analytical geometry. ..."

7. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"For some of these see Stanley's Descriptive Treatise on Mathematical Drawing Instruments. Literature.—descriptive geometry datée from Monge, whose Géométrie ..."

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