azimuthal equidistant projection

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noun Cartography.

a projection in which the shortest distance between any point and a central point is a straight line, such a line representing a great circle through the central point.

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Origin of azimuthal equidistant projection

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby azimuthal equidistant projection

azido group, azidothymidine, Azikiwe, Azilian, azimuth, azimuthal equidistant projection, azimuthal projection, azimuthal quantum number, azimuth bar, azimuth circle, azine

How to use azimuthal equidistant projection in a sentence

Oftentimes public fear like this can be a self-indulgent kind of collective astral projection.
The Real Nightmare of Ferguson|James Poulos|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Most gun nuts have them less for self-protection than self-projection.
Brooklyn Shooting Hits Close to Bill de Blasio’s Park Slope Home|Michael Daly|July 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I sat there in the projection booth and thought, “Oh my god, you could tell a story this way?”
Paul Haggis on Scientology, the ‘Crash’ Oscar, and ‘Third Person’|Kevin Fallon|June 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The walking-and-talking projection is estimated to have cost about $400,000 and took four months to complete.
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Although it is being called a hologram, it was actually a 2-D projection.
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It was round, with a small, rectangular projection for the operator's controls and calculator.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
In a moment her mind lost its tensity of projection and she was almost flying down her own long stair.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
They are brown, ovoid in shape, about 50 long, and have a button-like projection at each end (Fig. 101).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
At one o'clock we were near a low sandy projection round which the coast extends to the East-North-East and forms a shallow bay.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
The projection of land fixed upon for the site of a town, was named after the commandant (Captain Barlow).
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Scientific definitions for azimuthal equidistant projection

azimuthal equidistant projection

[ ăz′ə-mŭth′əl ]

An azimuthal map projection designed so that a straight line from the central point on the map to any other point gives the shortest distance between the two points. Azimuthal equidistant maps are used mainly for plotting direction and distance from the map's central point, but measurements originating from other points on the map can be greatly distorted.