stereography

[ster-ee-og-ruh-fee, steer-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane.
a branch of solid geometry dealing with the construction of regularly defined solids.

stereography

/ ˌstɛrɪəˈɡræfɪk, ˌstɪər-, ˌstɛrɪˈɒɡrəfɪ, ˌstɪər- /

noun

the study and construction of geometrical solids
the art of drawing a solid figure on a flat surface

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Other Word Forms

stereographic adjective
stereographical adjective
stereographically adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stereography¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; stereo- + -graphy

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Example Sentences

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I liked the Herzog movie, as well as Godard’s, which made a fetish of its glitchy, sloppy stereography.

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Kurland, who curates frequent festivals of stereo shorts and serves as president of the Los Angeles 3-D Club, argues that Hollywood studios are biased toward using very conservative stereography techniques, so as to minimize the potential for eyestrain or visual distortion.

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Sterēograph′ic, -al, pertaining to stereography: made according to stereography: delineated on a plane.—adv.

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The script, a sort of veldt opera about how two lions interfered with the building of a railroad in Africa, was so bad that at the Los Angeles premi�re last November, nobody noticed that the stereography was worse.

From Time Magazine Archive

stereographic projection stereoimage

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