Globular projection
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| (Map Projection) | a perspective projection of the surface of a hemisphere upon a plane parallel to the base of the hemisphere, the point of sight being taken in the axis produced beyond the surface of the opposite hemisphere a distance equal to the radius of the sphere into the sine of 45°. |
See also: Globular
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.