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1. (n.) Mercator projection
a conformal map projection on which any rhumb line is represented as a straight line, used chiefly in navigation, though the scale varies with latitude and areal size and the shapes of large areas are distorted.
Etymology: (1660–70)
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1. (noun) Mercator projection, Mercator's projection
a map projection of the earth onto a cylinder; areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator
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