mercator chart
1mercator chart — |mər|kād.ər , merˈkäˌtȯ(ə)r noun Usage: usually capitalized M Etymology: after Gerhardus Mercator died 1594 Flemish geographer : a chart or map drawn on the Mercator projection …
2Mercator's chart — Mer|ca|tor chart or Mercator s chart «mur KAY tuhr», a chart made according to Mercator projection: »A Mercator chart represents the meridians and parallels of latitude as straight lines …
3Mercator — /meuhr kay teuhr/; for 1 also Flem. /merdd kah tawrdd/, n. 1. Gerhardus /jeuhr hahr deuhs/, (Gerhard Kremer), 1512 94, Flemish cartographer and geographer. adj. 2. noting, pertaining to, or according to the principles of a Mercator projection: a… …
4Mercator sailing — Navig. sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart. * * * …
5Mercator track — Navig. a line appearing straight on a Mercator chart; rhumb line. * * * …
6Mercator sailing — Navig. sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart …
7Mercator track — Navig. a line appearing straight on a Mercator chart; rhumb line …
8Mercator's chart — Chart Chart (ch[aum]rt; k[aum]rt Obs.), n. [A doublet of card: cf. F. charte charter, carte card. See {Card}, and cf. {Charter}.] 1. A sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which information is exhibited, esp. when the information is… …
9Mercator projection — of the world between 82°S and 82°N. Mercator world …
10Chart — (ch[aum]rt; k[aum]rt Obs.), n. [A doublet of card: cf. F. charte charter, carte card. See {Card}, and cf. {Charter}.] 1. A sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which information is exhibited, esp. when the information is arranged in… …
