EQUAL-AREA PROJECTION

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

• EQUAL-AREA PROJECTION (noun)
  The noun EQUAL-AREA 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 globe

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EQUAL-AREA 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 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 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)