kən, (ˈ)kän+ adjective
Etymology: Late Latin conformalis having the same shape, from Latin com- + formalis having a set form, formal — more at formal
1. mathematics : conserving the size of all angles and therefore the shape of every elementary triangle — used of a depiction of one surface on another
2. of a map : having the same scale along both the meridian and the parallel at any point and having meridians and parallels at right angles so that the shapes of small areas around that point are true to the shape of the corresponding areas on the earth
Mercator's is the best known of conformal projections
• con·formality ˌkän(ˌ)fȯ(r)ˈmaləd.ē noun -es