| NOUN | artifact | 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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| Meaning | 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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| Synonym | equal-area projection | |
| Narrower | homolosine projection | An equal-area projection map of the globe |
| sinusoidal projection, Sanson-Flamsteed projection | An equal-area map projection showing parallels and the equator as straight lines and other meridians as curved | |
| Broader | map projection | A projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines ... / lines of latitude and longitude |
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