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azimuthal projection

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A map projection designed so that all azimuthal angles with a vertex at the central point are preserved, thus accurately showing the direction of travel, but not the distance, from the center point to any other point on the map.

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