Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eckert projection

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables: eck-ert pro-jec-tion
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of six related pseudocylindrical map projections having the latitudes as parallel lines, and distinguished by the shapes of the meridians.

Etymology

Devised by Max Eckert-Greifendorff, who presented them in 1906.

Inflected Forms

Eckert projections (plural)

Questions

What does eckert projection mean?: Any of six related pseudocylindrical map projections having the latitudes as parallel lines, and distinguished by the shapes of the meridians.
Where does eckert projection come from?: Devised by Max Eckert-Greifendorff, who presented them in 1906.

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