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MAP PROJECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does map projection mean? 

MAP PROJECTION (noun)
  The noun MAP PROJECTION has 1 sense:

1. a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitudeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MAP PROJECTION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("map projection" is a kind of...):

projection (the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction)

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

conformal projection; orthomorphic projection (a map projection in which a small area is rendered in its true shape)

conic projection; conical projection (a map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth's poles)

equal-area map projection; equal-area 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)

Mercator's projection; Mercator projection (a map projection of the earth onto a cylinder; areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator)


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