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n. [ NL., fr. Gr. pa^s, pa^n, all + &unr_; solid + &unr_; a view. ] A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or the like. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A view of the universe of brighter stars as it would appear to an observer transported into space outside or beyond our universe of stars. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ Gr. stereo`s solid. See Stare to gaze. ] A combining form meaning solid, hard, firm, as in stereo-chemistry, stereography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. stereo`s solid + &unr_; that treads or covers, akin to &unr_; base; cf. F. stéréobate. ] (Arch.) The lower part or basement of a building or pedestal; -- used loosely for several different forms of basement. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or illustrating, the hypothetical space relations of atoms in the molecule; as, a stereo-chemic formula. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stereo- + chemistry. ] (Chem.) Chemistry considered with reference to the space relations of atoms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Stereochromic picture. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the art of stereochromy; produced by stereochromy. -- Ste`re*o*chro"mic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Stereo- + Gr. chrw^ma color. ] A style of painting on plastered walls or stone, in which the colors are rendered permanent by sprinklings of water, in which is mixed a proportion of soluble glass (a silicate of soda). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Stereo- + electric. ] (Physics) Of or pertaining to the generation of electricity by means of solid bodies alone; as, a stereoelectric current is one obtained by means of solids, without any liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stereo- + -gram. ] A diagram or picture which represents objects in such a way as to give the impression of relief or solidity; also, a stereograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stereo- + -graph. ] Any picture, or pair of pictures, prepared for exhibition in the stereoscope. Stereographs are now commonly made by means of photography. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. stéréographique. ] Made or done according to the rules of stereography; delineated on a plane; as, a stereographic chart of the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stereographic projection (Geom.), a method of representing the sphere in which the center of projection is taken in the surface of the sphere, and the plane upon which the projection is made is at right andles to the diameter passing through the center of projection. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a stereographical manner; by delineation on a plane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stereo- + graphy: cf. F. stéréographie. ] The art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane; a branch of solid geometry which shows the construction of all solids which are regularly defined. [ 1913 Webster ]

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☞ By cutting pieces of cardboard, or other suitable material, in the forms represented in the cut, folding them along the lines indicated, and joining their edges, the five regular solids may be formed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stereo- + meter. ] (Physics) 1. An instrument for measuring the solid contents of a body, or the capacity of a vessel; a volumenometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An instrument for determining the specific gravity of liquid bodies, porous bodies, and powders, as well as solids. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. stéréométrique. ] Of or pertaining to stereometry; performed or obtained by stereometry. -- Ste`re*o*met"ric*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Stereo- + -metry: cf. F. stéréométrie. ] The art of measuring and computing the cubical contents of bodies and figures; -- distinguished from planimetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stereo- + mono- + -scope. ] An instrument with two lenses, by which an image of a single picture projected upon a screen of ground glass is made to present an appearance of relief, and may be viewed by several persons at once. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stereo- + Gr. &unr_; anything formed or molded. ] (Biol.) The solid or insoluble portion of the cell protoplasm. See Hygroplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Stereo-, and Optic. ] An instrument, consisting essentially of a magic lantern in which photographic pictures are used, by which the image of a landscape, or any object, may be thrown upon a screen in such a manner as to seem to stand out in relief, so as to form a striking and accurate representation of the object itself; also, a pair of magic lanterns for producing the effect of dissolving views. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stereo- + -scope. ] An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are superimposed, so as to appear as one to the observer. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the reflecting stereoscope, the rays from the two pictures are turned into the proper direction for stereoscopic vision by two plane mirrors set at an angle with each other, and between the pictures. In the lenticular stereoscope, the form in general use, the eyeglasses are semilenses, or marginal portions of the same convex lenses, set with their edges toward each other, so that they deflect the rays coming from the picture so as to strike the eyes as if coming direct from an intermediate point, where the two pictures are seen apparently as one. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to the stereoscope; characteristic of, or adapted to, the stereoscope; as, a stereoscopic effect; the stereoscopic function of the eyeglasses; stereoscopic views. -- Ste`re*o*scop"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

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n. One skilled in the use or construction of stereoscopes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or science of using the stereoscope, or of constructing the instrument or the views used with it. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Stereo- + static. ] (Civil. Engin.) Geostatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to stereotomy; performed by stereotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stereo- + Gr. &unr_; to cut: cf. F. stéréotomie. ] The science or art of cutting solids into certain figures or sections, as arches, and the like; especially, the art of stonecutting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stereo- + -type: cf. F. stéréotype. ] 1. A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A stereotype, or stereotypr plate, is made by setting movable type as for ordinary printing; from these a cast is taken in plaster of Paris, paper pulp, or the like, and upon this cast melted type metal is poured, which, when hardened, makes a solid page or column, from which the impression is taken as from type. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stereotype block, a block, usually of wood, to which a stereotype plate is attached while being used in printing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stereotyped p. pr. & vb. n. Stereotyping ] [ Cf. F. stéréotyper. ] 1. To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix. [ 1913 Webster ]

Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions. Duke of Argyll (1887). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Formed into, or printed from, stereotype plates. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Formed in a fixed, unchangeable manner; as, stereotyped opinions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our civilization, with its stereotyped ways and smooth conventionalities. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who stereotypes; one who makes stereotype plates, or works in a stereotype foundry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The art, process, or employment of making stereotype plates. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place where stereotype plates are made; a stereotype foundry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to stereotype, or stereotype plates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stereotyper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stereotype printer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stereo- + typography. ] The act or art of printing from stereotype plates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. stéréotypie. ] The art or process of making stereotype plates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. th^le far + stereograph. ] An instrument for telegraphically reproducing a photograph. -- Tel`e*ste`re*og"ra*phy n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]