conic projection or conical projection  (click for larger image in new window) n. A method of projecting maps of parts of the earth's spherical surface on a surrounding cone, which is then flattened to a plane surface having concentric circles as parallels of latitude and radiating lines from the apex as meridians. |
| conical projection | |
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| a map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth's poles [syn: conic projection] |