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MAP PROJECTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("map projection" is a kind of...):
projection (the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "map projection"):
conformal projection; orthomorphic projection (a map projection in which a small area is rendered in its true shape)
conic projection; conical projection (a map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth's poles)
equal-area map projection; equal-area projection (a map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe)
Mercator's projection; Mercator projection (a map projection of the earth onto a cylinder; areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator)
