Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

robinson projection

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables: robin-son pro-jec-tion
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A map projection that is neither equal-area nor conformal, designed as a compromise to show the entire world as a flat image.

Etymology

Devised by Arthur H. Robinson in 1963.

Inflected Forms

Robinson projections (plural)

Questions

What does robinson projection mean?: A map projection that is neither equal-area nor conformal, designed as a compromise to show the entire world as a flat image.
Where does robinson projection come from?: Devised by Arthur H. Robinson in 1963.

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