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map projection

map projection noun: any systematic method of transforming the spherical representation of parallels, meridians and geographic features of the Earth's surface to a nonspherical surface, usually a plane.

Noun

map projection (plural map projections)

  1. Any systematic method of transforming the spherical representation of parallels, meridians and geographic features of the Earth's surface to a nonspherical surface, usually a plane.

map projection meaning in Tamil

map projection in Tamil

வரைபடக்கோட்டுச் சட்டம்

Forms of map projection

pluralmap projections

Questions about map projection

What does map projection mean?
Map projection means any systematic method of transforming the spherical representation of parallels, meridians and geographic features of the Earth's surface to a nonspherical surface, usually a plane.
What is map projection in Tamil?
Map projection in Tamil is வரைபடக்கோட்டுச் சட்டம். See Map projection meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is map projection?
Map projection is a noun.
What is the plural of map projection?
The plural of map projection is map projections.

Words near map projection in the dictionary

  1. map of Tassie
  2. map onto
  3. map out
  4. map pocket
  5. map pockets
  6. map projection
  7. map projections
  8. map reading
  9. map room
  10. map seed
  11. map turtle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: map projection (page history and authors); map projection (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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