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| The figure formed by the intersection of two lines at a point. |
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| A closed curve with coplanar points at the same distance from the center point. |
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| An outline, especially of something curved or irregular. |
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| A line that is slanting or oblique. |
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| The line where two surfaces or points intersect. |
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| The group or set of all points in the same plane whose sum of distances from two points(foci) is constant. |
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| The quality or nature of something that identifies it or makes it what it is. |
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| Done without the use of tools or drawing equipment. |
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| A line parallel to the horizon. |
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| A portion of a line that is defined by two points. |
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| The width and darkness of a line. |
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| The path of an infinite series of points. |
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| Something visible or tangible. |
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| Slightly lighter than a profile line,used to add all details to a sketch. |
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| A regular or repeated design, form,order or arrangement. Duplicates one or more components and arranges the resulting occurrences in a circular or rectangular pattern. |
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| In sketching, a dark heavy line that outlines the object drawn. |
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| The physical geometry of a model. |
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| A freehand drawing of an idea, or solution to a problem without concern for detail, which could be done either on paper or on a computer. |
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| A two-dimensional area on a plane. |
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| Perpendicular to the horizon. |
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| To form a mental image of something. |
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| Ability of a substance to reduce the intensity of light radation by converting the energy into another form. |
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| Creating a three-dimensioning shape by adding additional shape/mass to the model. |
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| A drawing only partially to scale, used to describe a method of drawing a three-dimensional object so that the vertical and horizontal axes are drawn to scale, but the curves and diagonals appear distorted. |
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| The aspect of objects and light sources that may be described in terms of hue, lightness, and saturation for objects and hue, brightness, and saturation for light sources. |
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| In a perspective drawing, the effect when parallel lines appear to come together in the distance. |
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| Devoid, or partially devoid, of light. Not reflecting. |
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| Objects futher away appear smaller. |
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| A sketch that captures the essence of shape. |
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| In a perspective drawing, the plane where objects appear to rest. |
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| In a perspective drawing, the imaginary line at eye level used as a construction line. |
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| The gradation of color. The attribute of colors that permits them to be classed as red, yellow, green, blue, or an intermediate color between any contiguous pair of these colors. |
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| A drawing projected so that the plane of the projection of a three-dimensional drawing forms equal angles(120 degrees) to each of the three axes of the object. |
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| The axis representing height, width, and depth for an isometric drawing. |
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| The property of an object that is measure of its inertia, the amount of matter it contains, and its influence in a gravitational field. |
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| Created by the boundaries of space within an object. |
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| A form of pictorial sketch in which two axes are at right angles to each other(one verticak, one horizontal) and the depth axis is at an oblique angle. |
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| A perspective drawing using one vanishing point. |
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| A view of an object created with one or more points vanishing to the horizon. |
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| In a perspective drawing, it is the plane or projection. |
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| Any one of the three basic colors of the spectrum, red, yellow, or blue, from which all other colors can be blende. Any one of the three basic colors can cyan, magenta, or yellow, which when subtracted from white can produce all other colors. |
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| An imaginary plane in the line that outlines the object drawn. |
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| Is a Principle of Design. Comparative relationships between things with respect to size. |
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| To create an artistic representation of an object. |
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| Chromatic purity. Freedom from dilution with white. |
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| A color mixed with black to absorb more light. |
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| An area of relatively dark tone or close lines, dots, or hatch marks that produce darkness or shadow in a drawing or picture. |
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| The relative position and size of objects in a three-dimensional environment. |
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| A continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed(as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order. |
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| Creating a three-dimensional shape by substracting, or removing, shapes/mass from the model. |
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| A color mixed with white to give low saturation and high lightness. |
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| A drawing projected so that the plane of projection of a three-dimensional drawingis at a different angle to all three axes of the object. |
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| Drawing using vertical lines and two vanishing points. |
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| The lightness or darkness of a color. |
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| The point on the horizon where parallel objects appear to intersect due to convergence. |
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| The distance from the start of one wave to the start of the next. |
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| A line consisting of a long dash followed by a short dash, athat is used to show and locate the centers of arcs and circles, and to describe the center axis of a cylindrical form. |
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| Shape or feature on a model. |
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| Thin line segment capped on the ends with arrowheads, that indicate the length of the dimension. |
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| The process of placing measurements and notes on a drawing to completely communicate its meaning. |
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| Thin lines used to establish the extent of a dimension. |
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| Any physical portion of an object, such as a hole or fillet. |
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| The relationship between the views in orthographic projection. |
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| Measured by the softness of the lead. |
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| The different viewing perspectives found in mechanical drawing |
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