English Explanatory Dictionary

Robinson projection

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A map projection that is neither equal-area nor conformal, designed as a compromise to show the entire world as a flat image.

Word forms

Robinson projection Robinson projections

Etymology

Devised by Arthur H. Robinson in 1963.

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