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    SINUSOIDAL PROJECTION

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An equal-area map projection showing parallels and the equator as straight lines and other meridians as curved; used to map tropical latitudesplay

    Synonyms:

    Sanson-Flamsteed projection; sinusoidal projection

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("sinusoidal projection" is a kind of...):

    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)

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