English noun: map projection | |||
| 1. | map projection (artifact) a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | projection | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | conformal projection, conic projection, conical projection, equal-area map projection, equal-area projection, Mercator projection, Mercator's projection, orthomorphic projection | ||