POLYCONIC PROJECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polyconic projection mean? 

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

1. a conic projection of a map having distances between meridians equal to those distances on a globe

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYCONIC PROJECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A conic projection of a map having distances between meridians equal to those distances on a globe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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