"map projection" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: map projections [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} map projection (plural map projections)
  1. (cartography) Any systematic method of transforming the spherical representation of parallels, meridians and geographic features of the Earth's surface to a nonspherical surface, usually a plane. Wikipedia link: map projection Categories (topical): Cartography Translations (systematic method): projecció cartogràfica [feminine] (Catalan), 地圖投影 /地图投影 (dìtú tóuyǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), karttaprojektio (Finnish), teilgean léarscáile [masculine] (Irish), teilgean mapa [masculine] (Irish), 지도 투영법 (jido tuyeongbeop) (alt: 地圖投影法) (Korean)

Inflected forms

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