Sentence examples for on a flat plane from inspiring English sources

His aim was to make "a small contribution in the fight against rampant Immappancy"—in particular, the fact that most people do not realise how much the ubiquitous Mercator projection distorts the relative sizes of countries.A sphere cannot be represented on a flat plane without distortion, which means all map projections distort in one way or another.

Here's a short geometry test: How many straight lines can be drawn connecting two points on a flat plane?

Peterson and Hoffman studied video measuring the tilt on his pitches, and found them staying on a flat plane.

The Milky Way looks like dots on a flat plane, rather than stars hanging in a space of infinite depth.

The clothes were cut in curvy shapes, but always on a flat plane so that a coat or jacket from the side appeared knife-thin.

Perhaps it is the combination of geometry and intricacy, creating intense decoration on a flat plane, that chimes with the digital graphics in high fashion.

We found linear cracks on the flat planes or ridges on the volcanic edifice (Fig. 2).

The projection we have used is commonly known as the Mercator projection (a projection being any method of representing the surface of a sphere on to a flat plane).

For example, an in-plane omnidirectional mobile robot can locate at any position on a flat floor.

Stick a sheet of 120-grit abrasive paper on a flat surface and, with the plane iron retracted but the wedge fully tightened, give the plane a firm push over the sandpaper.

All residents live on a flat, infinitely large plane.