"Roman surface" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Roman surfaces [plural]
Etymology: So called because it was discovered by Jakob Steiner when he was in Rome in 1844. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Roman surface (plural Roman surfaces)
  1. (mathematics) A self-intersecting mapping of the real projective plane into three-dimensional space, with an unusually high degree of symmetry. Synonyms: Steiner surface
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