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clinographic

clinographic adjective: relating to a mode of projection in drawing in which the rays of light are supposed to fall obliquely on the plane of projection.

Adjective

clinographic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a mode of projection in drawing in which the rays of light are supposed to fall obliquely on the plane of projection.
    • If it is desired to construct an accurate clinographic projection from an othographic projection of a specimen, detailed directions may be found in Dana's Textbook of Mineralogy.1938, Eleanora Frances Bliss Knopf, Earl Ingerson, Structural Petrology, page 225
  2. Pertaining to the display or analysis of slope or incline.
    • clinographic analysis
    • The terminology of clinographic curves is somewhat confusing. Strictly speaking, if the hypsographic curve shows the distribution of height of a given area, the clinographic curve should show the distribution of slope in a given area·2004, Michael Bishop, John F. Shroder, Geographic Information Science and Mountain Geomorphology, page 116

Origin of clinographic

From clino- + -graphic.

Questions about clinographic

What does clinographic mean?
Clinographic means relating to a mode of projection in drawing in which the rays of light are supposed to fall obliquely on the plane of projection.
What part of speech is clinographic?
Clinographic is an adjective.

Words near clinographic in the dictionary

  1. clinofibrate
  2. clinoform
  3. clinoforms
  4. clinograde
  5. clinograph
  6. clinographic
  7. clinographs
  8. clinohedral
  9. clinohedrite
  10. clinohedrites
  11. clinoholmquistite

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