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Mollweide projection definition

Moll·weide projection (môl′vī′də)

an equal-area map projection with the whole earth on one map, showing the prime meridian and all parallels of latitude as straight lines and all other meridians as increasing in curvature toward the margins

Etymology: after K. B. Mollweide (1774-1825), Ger mathematician

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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