Associations to the word «Mercator»

Wiktionary

MERCATOR, noun. (chiefly attributive) 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.
MERCATOR, noun. Such a projection or chart.

Dictionary definition

MERCATOR, noun. Flemish geographer who lived in Germany; he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594).

Wise words

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