Associations to the word «Mercator»
Noun
- Projection
- Equator
- Gerhard
- Geographer
- Gerard
- Longitude
- Meridian
- Latitude
- Ptolemy
- Atlas
- Map
- Marius
- Coordinate
- Navigator
- Globe
- Conus
- Grid
- Distortion
- Essen
- Navigation
- Gall
- Willem
- Kepler
- Piedmont
- Parallel
- Sven
- Peters
- Mapping
- Mathematician
- Surveying
- Lambert
- Johannes
- Terra
- Abraham
- Supermarket
- Dee
- Andreas
- Mendoza
- Heresy
- Slovenia
- Continent
- Gps
- Antoine
- Equal
- Anders
- Infinity
- Pole
- Nicholas
- Scale
- Baptiste
- Telescope
- Antwerp
- Heinrich
- Datum
- Wright
- Temperament
- Chart
- Johann
- Flanders
- Linnaeus
- Sphere
- Compass
- Herzegovina
- Shipping
- Pedro
- Reconnaissance
- Astronomy
- Cooper
- Geography
- Antarctica
- Explorer
Adjective
Adverb
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).
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