| 单词 | Mercator projection |
| 释义 | Mercator projection From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishGeographyMercator projectionMer‧ca‧tor pro‧jec‧tion /məˌkeɪtə prəˈdʒekʃən $ mərˌkeɪtər-/ (also Mercator’s projection) noun [singular]SGthe usual way a map of the world is drawnExamples from the CorpusMercator projection• On a Mercator projection, Great Circle routes appear as curves.• Many people have a mental map of the world which corresponds approximately to the Mercator projection.• The Mercator projection and the Zenithal Equal-area projection are shown in the form of screen dumps in Figure 4.7.• The Mercator projection gives a popular, rectilinear picture of the Earth's surface but grossly exaggerates dimensions near the poles. |
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