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conical projection
 conic projectionconic projection or conical projectionn. A method of projecting maps of parts of the earth's spherical surface on a surrounding cone, which is then flattened to a plane surface having concentric circles as parallels of latitude and radiating lines from the apex as meridians.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  conical projection - a map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth's polesconic projectionmap projection - a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitudepolyconic projection - a conic projection of a map having distances between meridians equal to those distances on a globe |
conical projection
conical projection[′kän·ə·kəl prə′jek·shən] (mathematics) A projection which associates with each point P in a plane Q the point p in a second plane q which is collinear with O and P, where O is a fixed point lying outside Q. conical projection
Related to conical projection: Cylindrical projection, Azimuthal projectionSynonyms for conical projectionnoun a map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth's polesSynonymsRelated Words- map projection
- polyconic projection
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