orthomorphic projection

1. 1.

   a map projection in which a small area is rendered in its true shape

   Synonymsconformal projection

   Broadermap projection

Questions about orthomorphic projection

What does orthomorphic projection mean?

orthomorphic projection means "a map projection in which a small area is rendered in its true shape".

What is another word for orthomorphic projection?

Close synonyms include conformal 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 orthomorphic projection a common word?

orthomorphic 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.