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Mercator projection definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a map projection of the earth onto a cylinder; areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator [syn: Mercator projection, Mercator's projection]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Gerardus Mercator Date: circa 1881 a conformal map projection of which the meridians are usually drawn parallel to each other and the parallels of latitude are straight lines whose distance from each other increases with their distance from the equator

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also Mercator's projection) a projection of a map of the world on to a cylinder so that all the parallels of latitude have the same length as the equator, first published in 1569 and used esp. for marine charts and certain climatological maps. Etymology: G. Mercator (Latinized f. Kremer), Flemish-born geographer d. 1594