NOUN | artifact | Mercator projection, Mercator's projection | a map projection of the earth onto a cylinder |
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Meaning | A map projection of the earth onto a cylinder; areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator. | |
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Synonym | Mercator's projection | |
Broader | map projection | A projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines ... / lines of latitude and longitude |
Catalan | Projecció de Mercator |
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