"Hammer projection" meaning in All languages combined

See Hammer projection on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Hammer projections [plural]
Etymology: Described by Ernst Hammer in 1892. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Hammer projection (plural Hammer projections)
  1. (cartography) A certain map projection intended to reduce distortion in the regions of the outer meridians, where it is extreme in the Mollweide projection. Categories (topical): Cartography
    Sense id: en-Hammer_projection-en-noun--~8XKaFb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: cartography, geography, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

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