Definition of "stereographic projection" []

• 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. (adjective)

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• "-- This work on map-drawing gives, for the first time, the theorem: The stereographic projection of a circle is a circle."