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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A map projection in which poles are shown as lines instead of points, designed primarily as an aesthetic alternative for depicting the entire globe on a flat surface.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Arthur H. Robinson, (1915–2004), American geographer and cartographer.]
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