homolographic projection

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an equal-area projection in which the proportion between regions of unequal area is correctly shown.

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First recorded in 1860–65

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.
Michael Jackson's Crazy Billboard Awards Performance and More Hologram Wins and Fails (VIDEO)|The Daily Beast|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Although it is being called a hologram, it was actually a 2-D projection.
Michael Jackson's Crazy Billboard Awards Performance and More Hologram Wins and Fails (VIDEO)|The Daily Beast|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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).
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King