point at infinity
The English word “point at infinity” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- An asymptotic point in 3-dimensional space, viewed from some point, at which parallel lines appear to meet and which in perspective drawing is represented as a vanishing point.
- Any point added to a space to achieve projective completion.
- An ideal point.
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