"map projection" meaning in English

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Noun

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): 地圖投影 (Chinese Mandarin), 地图投影 (dìtú tóuyǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), karttaprojektio (Finnish), teilgean léarscáile [masculine] (Irish), teilgean mapa [masculine] (Irish)

Inflected forms

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