axonometric

[ ak-suh-noh-me-trik, -nuh- ]

adjective

, Drafting.

1. designating a method of projection axonometricprojection in which a three-dimensional object is represented by a drawing axonometricdrawing having all axes drawn to exact scale, resulting in the optical distortion of diagonals and curves. Compare cabinet ( def 19 ), isometric ( def 5 ), oblique ( def 13 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of axonometric¹

1905–10; < Greek áxōn ( axon ) + -o- + -metric

Example Sentences

This show includes two magnificent six-panel folding screens that Shunsho painted around 1790, in which well-dressed women lie along parallel diagonal lines at the same scale — so-called axonometric perspective, a pillar of Chinese painting.

From New York Times

These are the starting points for objects that she imagines and draws using axonometric projection, which means they’re shown at an angle to the surface of the page, allowing for a better sense of their form.

From New York Times

Two other standouts in the realm of fiber include Diedrick Brackens's "a field to frolic," a scrappy, spirited composition of woven yarn and cotton panels in ebullient green, pink, acid yellow, red and orange, and Kyung Me's exquisite axonometric ink drawing on silk, a dense fantasia of motifs borrowed from Japanese scroll painting.

From Los Angeles Times

An axonometric rendering here shows massive, Tokyo-style LED screens promoting GeoCities, Lycos and other children of the dot-com bubble, as well as a live broadcast from the stock exchange floor by a young Maria Bartiromo.

From New York Times

Downstairs, vivid renderings of Manhattan serve as time capsules of the city’s perpetual ebb and flow, like an axonometric map from 1963 for which the German cartographer Hermann Bollmann translated 67,000 photographs into a minutely detailed bird’s-eye view of Midtown.

From New York Times