Aitoff projection
Americannoun
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Cartography. a projection of a sphere or globe made by projecting the earth's surface onto an ellipse, with curved lines of latitude and especially of longitude, except for the equator and prime meridian, which are straight lines.
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Astronomy. a similar type of projection mapping the stars, with the Milky Way centered horizontally on it.
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