Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

van der grinten projection

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: van der -grin-ten pro-jec-tion
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A compromise map projection that is neither equal-area nor conformal, but projects the entire world onto a circle.

Etymology

Devised by Alphons J. van der Grinten in 1898.

Inflected Forms

van der Grinten projections (plural)

Questions

What does van der grinten projection mean?: A compromise map projection that is neither equal-area nor conformal, but projects the entire world onto a circle.
Where does van der grinten projection come from?: Devised by Alphons J. van der Grinten in 1898.

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