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Tissot's indicatrices

Tissot's indicatrices is the plural of Tissot's indicatrix.

Meaning of Tissot's indicatrix

Noun

Tissot's indicatrix (plural Tissot's indicatrices)

  1. A mathematical contrivance used to characterize local distortions due to map projection. It is the geometry that results from projecting a circle of infinitesimal radius from a curved geometric model, such as a globe, onto a map.

Questions about Tissot's indicatrices

What is Tissot's indicatrices the plural of?
Tissot's indicatrices is the plural of Tissot's indicatrix.

Words near Tissot's indicatrices in the dictionary

  1. Tissington
  2. Tissington and Lea Hall
  3. Tissot
  4. Tissot tank
  5. Tissot tanks
  6. Tissot's indicatrices
  7. Tissot's indicatrix
  8. tissotiid
  9. tissotiids
  10. Tissots
  11. tissual

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