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Mercator (iou) and labrys (iou)


Mercator (iou)



Mercator noun. M17.
[Gerhardus Mercator, Latinized name of Gerhard Kremer (1512-94), Flemish cartographer.]
Used attrib. and in possess. with ref. to an orthomorphic cylindrical map projection in which meridians are represented by equidistant straight lines at right angles to the equator and any course that follows a constant compass bearing is represented by a straight line. M17.
transverse Mercator: see TRANSVERSE adjective.
R. Hinks The great distortion in the north and south makes Mercator's projection..unsuitable for a land map.
(A map drawn on) Mercator's projection. L19.
A. H. Robinson The poles..are 'at' infinity on the conventional Mercator.

labrys (iou)



labrys noun. E20.
[Greek labrus.]
Classical Antiquities. The sacred double-headed axe of ancient Crete; a representation of this.