Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mollweide projection

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: moll-wei-de pro-jec-tion
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An equal-area, pseudocylindrical map projection generally used for maps of the world or celestial sphere.

Etymology

First published in 1805 by mathematician and astronomer Karl (or Carl) Brandan Mollweide (1774–1825) of Leipzig.

Inflected Forms

Mollweide projections (plural)

Synonyms

Babinet projection

Questions

What does mollweide projection mean?: An equal-area, pseudocylindrical map projection generally used for maps of the world or celestial sphere.
Where does mollweide projection come from?: First published in 1805 by mathematician and astronomer Karl (or Carl) Brandan Mollweide (1774–1825) of Leipzig.

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