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