projecting plane

projecting plane

[prə¦jekt·iŋ ′plān]
(mathematics)
A plane that contains a given straight line in space and is perpendicular to one of the three coordinate planes.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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