NOUN | artifact | sinusoidal projection, Sanson-Flamsteed projection | an equal-area map projection showing parallels and the equator as straight lines and other meridians as curved |
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Meaning | An equal-area map projection showing parallels and the equator as straight lines and other meridians as curved; used to map tropical latitudes. | |
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Synonym | Sanson-Flamsteed projection | |
Broader | equal-area projection, equal-area map 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 |
Catalan | projecció sinusoïdal |
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