MERCATOR PROJECTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a map projection of the earth onto a cylinder
   • areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator
   Synonym(s)
   • Mercator’s projection (what does Mercator’s projection mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Mercator projection is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • map projection (what does map projection mean?)