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dimetric projection

Dimetric projection is defined as a way of drawing an object so that one axis has a different scale than the other two axis in the drawing.

(noun)

An example of dimetric projection is a technical drawing that shows a 3-dimensional cube with one side of the cube smaller in proportion to the other two sides.

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See dimetric projection in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a type of axonometric projection in which the object is shown with two of its three principal axes tilted equally from the plane of viewing
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