equal-area projection

1. 1.

   a map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe

   Synonymsequal-area map projection

   Broadermap projection

   Narrowerhomolosine projectionsinusoidal projection

Questions about equal-area projection

What does equal-area projection mean?

equal-area projection means "a map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe".

What is another word for equal-area projection?

Close synonyms include equal-area map projection. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is equal-area projection a common word?

equal-area projection is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.