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plate carrée

plate carrée noun: an equirectangular map projection in which latitude and longitude form the y and x of a coordinate plane.

Noun

plate carrée (uncountable)

  1. An equirectangular map projection in which latitude and longitude form the y and x of a coordinate plane.

Questions about plate carrée

What does plate carrée mean?
Plate carrée means an equirectangular map projection in which latitude and longitude form the y and x of a coordinate plane.
What part of speech is plate carrée?
Plate carrée is a noun.

Words near plate carrée in the dictionary

  1. plate away
  2. plate block
  3. plate blocks
  4. plate bone
  5. plate bones
  6. plate carrée
  7. plate count
  8. plate girder
  9. plate girders
  10. plate glass
  11. plate glass universities

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