representative fraction
Cartography
noun
The ratio of a distance on a map to the distance it represents on the ground; abbreviated R.F.
Origin
Mid 19th century.
- neutron number
- neutron optics
- neutron radiography
- neutron-rich
- neutron scattering
- neutron spectrometer
- neutron star
- neutron therapy
- neutron warhead
- neutropenia
- neutropenic
- neutrophil
- neutrophilia
- neutrophilic
- neutrophilous
- Nev.
- Neva
- Nevada
- Nevadan
- Nevadian
- nevadite
- nevel
- never
- never a one
- never cease to