- In geometry,
parallel lines are
coplanar infinite straight lines that do not
intersect at any point.
Parallel planes are
planes in the same three-dimensional...
- three-dimensional geometry, a
parallel projection (or
axonometric projection) is a
projection of an
object in three-dimensional
space onto a
fixed plane,
known as the...
- anatomy,
three prin****l
planes are used: The
sagittal plane or
lateral plane (longitudinal, anteroposterior) is a
plane parallel to the
sagittal suture...
-
particular the
parallel postulate. A
projective plane may be
constructed by
adding "points at infinity"
where two
otherwise parallel lines would intersect...
-
parasagittal is used to
describe any
plane parallel or
adjacent to a
given sagittal plane.
Specific named parasagittal planes include: The
midclavicular line crosses...
-
center of the
Milky Way Galaxy, and the
fundamental plane parallel to an
approximation of the
galactic plane but
offset to its north. It uses the right-handed...
- the
plane of focus, the lens
plane, and the
image plane of an
optical system (such as a camera) when the lens
plane is not
parallel to the
image plane. It...
- three-dimensional
space with a
plane, or the
analog in higher-dimensional spaces.
Cutting an
object into
slices creates many
parallel cross-sections. The boundary...
-
Euclidean geometry,
parallel lines never intersect). In
contexts where there is no ambiguity, it is
simply called the
projective plane; the
qualifier "real"...
- non-Euclidean geometry. The
parallel postulate of
Euclidean geometry is
replaced with: For any
given line R and
point P not on R, in the
plane containing both line...
