ORTHOMORPHIC PROJECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does orthomorphic projection mean? 

• ORTHOMORPHIC PROJECTION (noun)
  The noun ORTHOMORPHIC PROJECTION has 1 sense:

1. a map projection in which a small area is rendered in its true shape

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORTHOMORPHIC PROJECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A map projection in which a small area is rendered in its true shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

conformal projection; orthomorphic projection

Hypernyms ("orthomorphic 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)