van der Grinten projection
nounEtymology Devised by Alphons J. van der Grinten in 1898.
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Cartography, Geography, Natural sciences A compromise map projection that is neither equal-area nor conformal, but projects the entire world onto a circle.
noun
Etymology Devised by Alphons J. van der Grinten in 1898.
Cartography, Geography, Natural sciences A compromise map projection that is neither equal-area nor conformal, but projects the entire world onto a circle.
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