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MERCATOR PROJECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mercator projection mean? 

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

1. a map projection of the earth onto a cylinder; areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator

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


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MERCATOR PROJECTION (noun)


Sense 1Mercator projection [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A map projection of the earth onto a cylinder; areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Mercator projection; Mercator's projection

Hypernyms ("Mercator 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)


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