Lambert conformal projection

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noun Cartography.

a conformal projection in which meridians are represented as straight lines converging toward the nearest pole and parallels as arc segments of concentric circles.

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Origin of Lambert conformal projection

First recorded in 1875–80; named after J. H. Lambert

Words nearby Lambert conformal projection

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How to use Lambert conformal projection in a sentence

“But you must have done something to deserve it,” Lambert recalled Bodenheimer saying before he walked off.
This 'Holy Guy'—and Grandfather of 100—Is Accused of Sexually Abusing a Student|Batya Ungar-Sargon|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Still, Lambert says, he was surprised to hear about the allegations of sexual abuse.
This 'Holy Guy'—and Grandfather of 100—Is Accused of Sexually Abusing a Student|Batya Ungar-Sargon|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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
You had better go to the Villa Lambert and arrange for taking up our quarters there, if you like the place.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
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