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[Fr. stéréographique.] Made or done according to the rules of stereography; delineated on a plane; as, a stereographic chart of the earth.
Stereographic projection. See PROJECTION.
(Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. stéréographie, fr. Gr. στερεός, firm, solid, and γράφειν, to write.] The art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane; a branch of solid geometry which shows the construction of all solids which are regularly defined.
By cutting pieces of cardboard or other suitable material in the forms represented in the cut, folding them along the lines indicated, and joining their edges, the five regular solids may be formed, as seen in diagrams.
