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MERCATOR'S PROJECTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mercator's projection mean?
• MERCATOR'S PROJECTION (noun)
The noun MERCATOR'S PROJECTION has 1 sense:
1. a map projection of the earth onto a cylinder; areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator
Familiarity information: MERCATOR'S PROJECTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MERCATOR'S PROJECTION (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A map projection of the earth onto a cylinder; areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Mercator's projection; Mercator projection
Hypernyms ("Mercator's projection" is a kind of...):
map projection (a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude)
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