Stereographic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     {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.
        [1913 Webster]