parallel projection

noun

, Geometry.

a projection from one plane to a second plane in which the lines joining points on the first plane and corresponding images are parallel.

The results of parallel projection (see Projection, 17 and 18) may therefore now be used.

A parallel projection of a straight line is a straight line.

That a parallel projection of a parallelepiped is a parallelepiped.

A parallel projection of a pair of solids having a given ratio is a pair of solids having the same ratio.

A parallel projection of a curve, or of a surface of a given algebraical order, is a curve or a surface of the same order.

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