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polyconic projection

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pol·y·con·ic projection  (pl-knk)
n.
A conic map projection having distances between meridians along every parallel equal to those distances on a globe. The central geographic meridian is a straight line, whereas the others are curved and the parallels are arcs of circles.
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Noun1.polyconic projectionpolyconic projection - a conic projection of a map having distances between meridians equal to those distances on a globe
conic projection, conical projection - a map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth's poles


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