 | Merriam-Webster Inc. - 2004 - 1696 pages
...tha-le\ adv azimuthal equidistant projection n (1942) : a map projection of the surface of the earth so centered at any given point that a straight line...represents the shortest distance and can be measured to scale azine \'a-,zen, 'a-\ n (1887) : a compound of the general formula RCH=NN=CHR or R2C=NN=CR2... | |
 | Merriam-Webster Inc. - 2004 - 1696 pages
...th*-\e\adv azimuthal equidistant projection n (1942) : a map projection of the surface of the earth so centered at any given point that a straight line...represents the shortest distance and can be measured to scale azlne \'a-,zen, *a-\ n (1887) : a compound of the general formula azimuth 1: 1 horizon, 2... | |
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... a map projection of the surface of the earth, so centered at any given point that a straight line radiating from the center to any other point represents the shortest distance, that is, an arc of a great circle. 