isometricaladj.
1. = isometric adj. 2.
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [adjective] > type of projection
orthographic1669
orthographical1673
stereographic1704
isometrical1838
isometric1840
monographic1855
monographical1904
1838 T. Sopwith (title) Treatise on Isometrical Drawing.
1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 492/1 The major axis of the isometrical projection of a circle is equal to the side of the circumscribing square.
1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 265 An isometrical projection of the boiler and furnace.
2. = isometric adj. 3.
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the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal systems > [adjective] > cubic
tessular1794
tesseral1854
isometrical1855
isometric1868
1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Isometricus, applied by Hausmann and Naumann to a system comprehending the crystalline forms in which the coördinate planes are perpendicular between them, and which relates to a system of axes three in number that are equal: isometrical.
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