PETERS PROJECTION


Meaning of PETERS PROJECTION in English

noun

[ sing. ] a map of the world on which the relative size, but not the shape of countries is more accurate than on more traditional maps

—compare Mercator projection

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WORD ORIGIN

named after Arno Peters (1916–2002), German historian.

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