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De - Pt| English Dictionary: homolographic projection | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Homolographic \Hom`o*lo*graph"ic\, a. [Homo- + Gr. "o`los whole + -graph + -ic; but cf. F. homalographique, Gr. [?] even, level.] Preserving the mutual relations of parts, especially as to size and form; maintaining relative proportion. {Homolographic projection}, a method of constructing geographical charts or maps, so that the surfaces, as delineated on a plane, have the same relative size as the real surfaces; that is, so that the relative actual areas of the different countries are accurately represented by the corresponding portions of the map. | |
