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EQUAL-AREA MAP PROJECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does equal-area map projection mean? 

EQUAL-AREA MAP PROJECTION (noun)
  The noun EQUAL-AREA MAP PROJECTION has 1 sense:

1. a map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globeplay

  Familiarity information: EQUAL-AREA MAP PROJECTION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EQUAL-AREA MAP PROJECTION (noun)


Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

equal-area map projection; equal-area projection

Hypernyms ("equal-area map 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "equal-area map projection"):

homolosine projection (an equal-area projection map of the globe; oceans are distorted in order to minimize the distortion of the continents)

Sanson-Flamsteed projection; sinusoidal projection (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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