MERCATOR PROJECTION Synonyms

• a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)

• (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)

• make a map of; show or establish the features of details of

• explore or survey for the purpose of making a map

• locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences

• plan, delineate, or arrange in detail

• depict as if on a map

• to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)

• a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations

• the projection of an image from a film onto a screen

• a planned undertaking

• any structure that branches out from a central support

• any solid convex shape that juts out from something

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else

• the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality

• the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction

• the act of projecting out from something

• the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

• a map projection of the earth onto a cylinder; areas appear greater the farther they are from the equator