| 单词 | polar projection |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspolar projection polar projection n. a projection of the earth's surface or of the celestial sphere on to a plane in which the centre of projection is one of the poles. ΚΠ 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. vii. 182 (Polar projection) This kinde of proiection, though more vnusuall,..wants not his speciall vse in describing the parts of the earth neare the Pole. 1717 J. Green Constr. Maps & Globes i. iv. 22 The Stereographick Projection of the Sphere upon the Plane of the Equator, commonly call'd the Polar Projection. 1866 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 10 221 Among them a chart of the southern hemisphere on the Polar Projection, illustrative of the ice-drift during the different seasons. 1960 Times 16 Nov. 13/6 The light-blue flag of the United Nations with its polar projection of the world in white. 2003 National Art Coll. Fund Rev. 2002 119/1 In the arch above is a celestial planisphere, engraved with a polar projection of most of the known fixed stars. < as lemmas |
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