SINUSOIDAL PROJECTION


Meaning of SINUSOIDAL PROJECTION in English

Cartog.

an equal-area projection in which parallels are straight lines spaced at regular intervals, the central meridian is a straight line one-half the length of the equator, and the other meridians are curves symmetrical to the central meridian.

[ 1940-45 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .