parallel projection
51Isometrical projection — Isometric I so*met ric, Isometrical I so*met ric*al, a. [Iso + Gr. me tron measure.] 1. Pertaining to, or characterized by, equality of measure. [1913 Webster] 2. (Crystallog.) Noting, or conforming to, that system of crystallization in which the …
52international modified polyconic projection — A modified polyconic map projection chosen by an international committee in 1909 for construction of maps of the whole world, except polar caps, on one projection and on a scale of 1:1,000,000. The size of the sheet is 4° change of latitude by 6° …
53Mercator's projection — noun a map projection of the earth onto a cylinder; areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator • Syn: ↑Mercator projection • Hypernyms: ↑map projection * * * Mercator s projection noun A representation of the surface of the globe… …
54Werner projection — of the world. The Werner projection is a pseudoconic equal area map projection sometimes called the Stab Werner or Stabius Werner projection. Like other heart shaped projections, it is also categorized as cordiform. Stab Werner refers to two… …
55Mercator projection — Cartography. a conformal projection on which any rhumb line is represented as a straight line, used chiefly in navigation, though the scale varies with latitude and areal size and the shapes of large areas are greatly distorted. Also, Mercator s… …
56Stereographic projection — In geometry, the stereographic projection is a particular mapping (function) that projects a sphere onto a plane. The projection is defined on the entire sphere, except at one point mdash; the projection point. Where it is defined, the mapping is …
57Time Projection Chamber — Die ALICE Spurendriftkammer. Datei:First Gold Beam Beam Collision Events at RHIC at 100 100 GeV c per beam recorded by STAR.jpg Eine zweidimensionale Projektion der Reaktionsprodukte aus einer Kollision von Goldkernen, aufgenommen von der TPC des …
58Astral projection — (or astral travel) is an esoteric interpretation of a type of out of body experience that assumes the existence of an astral body separate from the physical body and capable of traveling outside it. [… …
59Orthographic projection (cartography) — Orthographic projection (equatorial aspect) of eastern hemisphere 30W–150E An orthographic projection is a map projection of cartography. Like the stereographic projection and gnomonic projection, orthographic projection is a perspective (or… …
60Waterman butterfly projection — The Waterman Butterfly World Map Projection was created by Steve Waterman and published in 1996. It is an octahedral transformation of a globe, reviving the Butterfly Map principle first developed by Bernard J.S. Cahill (1866 1944) in 1909.… …
