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Multi-word Results
| homolosine projection |
a map of the earth's surface, characterized by accurate representation of the continents that results in some distortion of the oceans. |
| Mercator projection |
a map in which the meridians and the parallels of latitude are shown as straight lines that cross at right angles, and in which areas appear more distorted the farther they are from the equator. |
| polyconic projection |
a type of map on which the latitudinal lines are represented as the arcs of circles with different centers along the straight central meridian, and the other longitudinal lines are shown as curves. |
| projection booth |
a small room in a theater from which film, slides, or the like are projected onto a screen; projection room. |
| sinusoidal projection |
an equal-area map projection of the entire earth in which all lines of latitude are shown as straight lines and all lines of longitude as curved. |
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