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gnomonic projection

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[noh-mahn-ik pruh-jek-shuhn] / noʊˈmɑn ɪk prəˌdʒɛk ʃən /

noun

  1. Cartography. a projection representing all great circles as straight lines and often used for navigation.


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The bearings as laid off on a small scale chart of gnomonic projection are very inaccurate, and here we are handicapped, as our chronometers have lost all regularity.

From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir

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