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conic 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.conic projection or conical projectionn (Physical Geography) a map projection on which the earth is shown as projected onto a cone with its apex over one of the poles and with parallels of latitude radiating from this apexcon′ic projec′tion
n. a map projection based on the concept of projecting the earth's surface on a conical surface, which is then unrolled to a plane surface. [1885–90] ![]() conic projectioncon·ic projection (kŏn′ĭk) A method of making a flat map of the Earth by projecting its surface features onto a cone, which is then flattened out so that parallels appear as arcs of circles. Compare homolosine projection, Mercator projection, sinusoidal projection.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  conic projection - a map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth's polesconical 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 |
Translationsconic projection
conic projection[¦kän·ik prə′jek·shən] (mapping) A map deformation pattern resulting from the transfer of the map to a tangent or intersecting cone. conic projection
Related to conic projection: Mercator projection, conformal projection, Azimuthal projection, Lambert conformal projectionSynonyms for conic 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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