Mercator

  1. 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.
  2. Noun.  Such a projection or chart.

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