Search Result for "mercator projection":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a map projection of the earth onto a cylinder; areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator;
[syn: Mercator projection, Mercator's projection]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Mercator projection
    n 1: a map projection of the earth onto a cylinder; areas appear
         greater the farther they are from the equator [syn:
         Mercator projection, Mercator's projection]