SANSON-FLAMSTEED PROJECTION

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An equal-area map projection showing parallels and the equator as straight lines and other meridians as curved; used to map tropical latitudes

Synonyms:

Sanson-Flamsteed projection; sinusoidal projection

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Sanson-Flamsteed 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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