SANSON-FLAMSTEED PROJECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sanson-Flamsteed projection mean? 

• SANSON-FLAMSTEED PROJECTION (noun)
  The noun SANSON-FLAMSTEED PROJECTION has 1 sense:

1. an equal-area map projection showing parallels and the equator as straight lines and other meridians as curved; used to map tropical latitudes

  Familiarity information: SANSON-FLAMSTEED PROJECTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SANSON-FLAMSTEED PROJECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An equal-area map projection showing parallels and the equator as straight lines and other meridians as curved; used to map tropical latitudes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Sanson-Flamsteed projection; sinusoidal projection

Hypernyms ("Sanson-Flamsteed projection" is a kind of...):

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)