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Definition of Projections

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Orthographic Or`tho*graph"ic, Orthographical Or`tho*graph"ic*al, a. [Cf. F. orthographique, L. orthographus, Gr. ?.] 1. Of or pertaining to orthography, or right spelling; also, correct in spelling; as, orthographical rules; the letter was orthographic. 2. (Geom.) Of or pertaining to right lines or angles. Orthographic or Orthogonal, projection, that projection which is made by drawing lines, from every point to be projected, perpendicular to the plane of projection. Such a projection of the sphere represents its circles as seen in perspective by an eye supposed to be placed at an infinite distance, the plane of projection passing through the center of the sphere perpendicularly to the line of sight.

Meaning of Projections from wikipedia

- projection, projecting, projective, or projector in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Projection, projections or projective may refer to: Projection (physics)...
- map projections exist in order to preserve some properties of the sphere-like body at the expense of other properties. The study of map projections is...
- Human po****tion projections are attempts to extrapolate how human po****tions will change in the ****ure. These projections are an important input to forecasts...
- The Gall–Peters projection is a rectangular, equal-area map projection. Like all equal-area projections, it distorts most shapes. It is a cylindrical...
- conical) projections map meridians as straight lines, and parallels as arcs of circles. Pseudoconical In normal aspect, pseudoconical projections represent...
- trigonometry. The term oblique projections is sometimes used to refer to non-orthogonal projections. These projections are also used to represent spatial...
- projection Gall–Peters projection (mentions a resolution rejecting the use of all rectangular world maps) List of map projections Mercator projection...
- The Winkel tripel projection (Winkel III), a modified azi****l map projection of the world, is one of three projections proposed by German cartographer...
- trimetric projections. A lens that provides an orthographic projection is an object-space telecentric lens. A simple orthographic projection onto the plane...
- Gnomonic Projection". The Professional Geographer. 12 (5): 14–16. doi:10.1111/j.0033-0124.1960.125_14.x. Snyder, John P. (1987). Map Projections – A Working...