projection
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4.6
- noun
- /prəˈdʒɛkʃən/
- Specialized
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proyección
- The lights rose and music played; abstract projections suggested by the music swirled around us.
- perspective projection
- map projection
- Mercator projection
The generic point here, remember, is the projection onto that plane.
- The generic point here, remember, is the projection onto that plane.
- It is a map poster about why all maps are wrong and it is these beautiful projections on this really nice paper.
- Because if you do that, then the mathematical projection that you're making doesn't really work well.
- It has a little explainer in the middle that explains why we need to do this, and then it has a name of all of the map projections that are displayed on this poster.
- And so I'm, I'm all for the science and the mathematics, but, and it's wonderful to get a better appreciation of this projection of the, of, of these avatars.
Examples
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Maps are displayed in a longitude/latitude projection with the U.S. EEZ boundary represented by a dotted-dashed line.
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This is the YZ projection of the same process.
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This is an artist's projection of what he might look like now.
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This is the YZ projection of the same process.
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Give me a projection of the Urals and as much of the north as you can.
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The term "holography," in fact, implies a projection of a three-dimensional image onto a two-dimensional plane.
Academic text (1998) -
Maps are displayed in a longitude/latitude projection with the U.S. EEZ boundary represented by a dotted-dashed line.
Academic text (1998) -
The convention used here is the venerable Mercator projection, invented in 1569 by Gerhard Kremer, whose concerns were navigational above all.
Academic text (2000) -
In the standard Mercator projection, the poles appear not as points but as a straight line.
Synonyms
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A picture that shows a place or scene
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4.4
How things look in a picture that shows which parts are near and which are far
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A picture or other image that shows what something looked like
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A picture or computer image that shows how a building will look
Antonyms
Compounds
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A map that keeps small shapes and local angles correct but may change size
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A map that shows the Earth's surface on a cone placed over the globe
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A way to make a flat map by copying Earth onto a cone over part of the globe
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A way of drawing the world on a flat map that keeps areas the correct size
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A way of making a flat map that keeps each place's area the same as on the globe
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A sound quality that makes a voice or instrument travel far and be heard clearly
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A method for drawing the Earth's round surface on a flat map that changes shapes or sizes
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A map made by putting the world on a cylinder that keeps shapes but makes areas bigger near the poles
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A map that shows north-south and east-west lines as straight and makes polar areas look larger than they are
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A world map that shows continents at their true size by changing ocean shapes
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A way of drawing the Earth on a flat map that keeps small areas in their true shape and angles
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A map that uses curved latitude lines so distances match the globe along them
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A way of drawing the world on a flat map that keeps area correct and suits maps near the equator
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A map that shows the equator and east-west lines straight and north-south lines wavy while keeping areas correct
How Realistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Projection comes from Latin parts pro- 'forward' and ject 'throw', the same root as in project. A map or drawing projection is like 'throwing' a 3D view onto a flat surface so we can see it from one point of view.