Mercator
- Noun. (chiefly, _) Pertaining to an orthomorphic map projection, in which meridians appear at right-angles to the equator, and lines of latitude are horizontal lines whose distance from each other increases with distance from the equator.
- Noun. Such a projection or chart.
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