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Mercatorial, a.2|mɜːkəˈtɔərɪəl|
Also mercatorial.
[f. prec. + -ial.]
Of, pertaining to, or derived from Mercator or Mercator's projection or chart.
a1888P. F. Shortland Naut. Surveying (1890) 144 Their Mercatorial meridians will be inclined to each of them respectively about 1′·2. Ibid. 346 To reduce a plane sheet to a Mercatorial projection proceed as follows. 1942Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. XLVI. 21 It is..possible to include these scales in certain navigational devices, so that rhumb lines and mercatorial bearings may be projected if required without the aid of an actual graticule. |