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SINUSOIDAL PROJECTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sinusoidal 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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