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Schlegel diagram

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A projection of a polytope from n-dimensional space to n-1 dimensions through a point beyond one of its faces; especially such a projection (itself represented in 2 dimensions) of a 3- or 4-dimensional polytope.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

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History

Etymology

From Schlegel (“a surname”) + diagram, after German mathematician Victor Schlegel, who introduced the diagram in 1886.

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6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: diagrama de Schlegel — projection of a polytope from n-dimensional space to n-1 dimensions
  • French: diagramme de Schlegel — projection of a polytope from n-dimensional space to n-1 dimensions
  • German: Schlegeldiagramm — projection of a polytope from n-dimensional space to n-1 dimensions
  • Italian: diagramma di Schlegel — projection of a polytope from n-dimensional space to n-1 dimensions
  • Polish: diagram Schlegela — projection of a polytope from n-dimensional space to n-1 dimensions
  • Spanish: diagrama de Schlegel — projection of a polytope from n-dimensional space to n-1 dimensions