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Definition of Projective geometry
1. Noun. The geometry of properties that remain invariant under projection.
Category relationships: Math, Mathematics, Maths
Generic synonyms: Geometry
Definition of Projective geometry
1. Noun. (mathematics) a branch of mathematics that investigates those properties of figures that are invariant when projected from a point to a line or plane ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Projective Geometry
Literary usage of Projective geometry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Analytical projective geometry is closely related to Invariants, and Covariants (qv),
... projective geometry includes in itself not only metrical geometry, ..."
2. Projective Differential geometry of Curves and ruled Surfaces by Ernest Julius Wilczynski (1906)
"In the geometrical investigations of the last century, one of the most fundamental
distinctions has been that between metrical and projective geometry. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Analytical projective geometry is closely related to Invariants and Covariants (qv),
... projective geometry includes in itself not only metrical geometry, ..."
4. Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900: Subject Indexby Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod by Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod (1908)
"Weisz, JA (xn) Mag. Ak. Ets. (Mth. Term.) 1 (1860) 67-. projective geometry in
plane. ... and projective geometry, need of, ..."
5. Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900: Subject Indexby Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod by Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod (1908)
"Mechanics, relation of projective geometry to. Stephanos, CBA Bp. (1900) 644.
... and projective geometry, need of, in analytical geometry. ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"In projective geometry any two points uniquely determine a line, the straight.
But any two points and their straight are, in pure projective geometry, ..."
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