SINUSOIDAL PROJECTION
Dictionary entry overview: What does sinusoidal projection mean? • SINUSOIDAL PROJECTION (noun)
The noun SINUSOIDAL 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: SINUSOIDAL PROJECTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SINUSOIDAL PROJECTION (noun)
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 ("sinusoidal 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)
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