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cartogram
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cartogram [′kärd·ə‚gram]
(mapping)
A type of single-factor or topical map that is often diagrammatic to show traffic flow, movement of people or goods, or value by area, where areas of the political subdivisions are distorted so that their size is proportional to their monetary value.


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