projective

Speech parts

1. projective - Noun

2. projective - Adjective

Meaning

projecting outward

of, relating to, or caused by a projection

(mathematics) describing those properties of a figure that are invariant upon projection

(psychology) An assessment test that presents subjects with some sort of stimulus to which they react by projecting or imagining details.

(mathematics) A projective member of a category.

(linguistics) A statement about a conditional or potential state of affairs, as opposed to one about a situation that actually exists or existed.

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Affine planes Projectivization of the Euclidean plane produced the real projective plane. Source: Internet

Another construction of the same projective plane shows that no line can be distinguished (on geometrical grounds) from any other. Source: Internet

A projective limit (or a filtered limit ) of rings is defined as follows. Source: Internet

Arthur Cayley noted that distance between points inside a conic could be defined in terms of logarithm and the projective cross-ratio function. Source: Internet

A finite projective plane will produce a finite affine plane when one of its lines and the points on it are removed. Source: Internet

A note on terminology Older terminology referred to limits as "inverse limits" or "projective limits," and to colimits as "direct limits" or "inductive limits." Source: Internet

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