HyperDic: mercator_projection

English > 1 sense of the expression Mercator projection:
NOUNartifactMercator projection, Mercator's projectiona map projection of the earth onto a cylinder
English > Mercator projection: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA map projection of the earth onto a cylinder; areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator.
SynonymMercator's projection
Broadermap projectionA projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines ... / lines of latitude and longitude
CatalanProjecció de Mercator

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