rectangular projection
rectangular projection
[rek′taŋ·gyə·lər prə′jek·shən] (mapping)
A cylindrical map projection with uniform spacing of the parallels; used for the star chart in the Air Almanac.
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On the right wall, the
rectangular projection was dominated by inky blue smudges that resembled, by turns, landscapes, cloudscapes, ice fields and the roiling waves of a storm-tossed sea.
Clunium with a posterior
rectangular projection over the area of the epiproct, the posterior edge of which presents small indentations.
Projecting these vectors to the x, y, z tool's axis we find the
rectangular projections of the vector D.
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