The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stereographic \Ste`re*o*graph"ic\, Stereographical \Ste`re*o*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. st['e]r['e]ographique.] Made or done according to the rules of stereography; delineated on a plane; as, a stereographic chart of the earth.
Stereographic projection (Geom.), a method of representing the sphere in which the center of projection is taken in the surface of the sphere, and the plane upon which the projection is made is at right andles to the diameter passing through the center of projection.
Wiktionary
a. Of or pertaining to stereography.
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "stereographic".
Others are dauntingly referred to as Azimuthal, Stereographic, Gnomonic, Azimuthal Equidistant, Cordiform, and so on, but it is unnecessary to go into this any further here.
Further, the shape given to the Antarctic Continent suggests the possibility, if not the probability, that the original source maps were compiled on a stereographic or gnomonic type of projection involving the use of spherical trigonometry.
To get an even better feel for the hypercube, play with this moving stereographic image.
To get an even better feel for the hypercube, play with this moving stereographic image.
Gul Fubar has engaged the Grand Nagus in hectobar to hectobar combat over the plans for a stereographic sensor array, and I must enter the fray on behalf of Kahless the Unforgettable before he's forgotten.
On one large wall screen the Earth was shown in flat, stereographic projection, with colours which were lifelike as seen from space.