Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MERCATOR'S CHART
MERCATOR'S CHART Mer *ca "tor's chart ".
Defn: See under Chart, and see Mercator's projection, under Projection.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Mercator, Gerardus
Mer ca tor, Gerardus |mərˈkātər mərˈkeɪdər | (1512 –94 ), Flemish geographer and cartographer, a resident in Germany from 1552; Latinized name of Gerhard Kremer. He invented the system of map projection that is named after him.
Mercator projection
Mer ca tor pro jec tion |mərˈkātər mɜːrˈkeɪtərprəʤekʃn |(also Mercator's projection ) ▶noun a projection of a map of the world onto a cylinder in such a way that all the parallels of latitude have the same length as the equator, used esp. for marine charts and certain climatological maps.
Oxford Dictionary
Mercator, Gerardus
Mercator, Gerardus |məːˈkeɪtə | (1512 –94 ), Flemish geographer and cartographer, resident in Germany from 1552; Latinized name of Gerhard Kremer. He invented the system of map projection that is named after him.
Mercator projection
Mer |ca ¦tor pro |jec ¦tion |mɜːˈkeɪtəprəʤɛkʃn | ▶noun a projection of a map of the world on to a cylinder in such a way that all the parallels of latitude have the same length as the equator, used especially for marine charts and certain climatological maps.
Duden Dictionary
Mercator
Mer ca tor Eigenname |Merc a tor |flandrischer Geograf
Mercatorprojektion
Mer ca tor pro jek ti on , Mer ca tor-Pro jek ti on Substantiv, feminin Geografie , die Mercator-Projektion |Merc a torprojektion Merc a tor-Projektion |die Mercatorprojektion; Genitiv: der Mercatorprojektion, Plural: die Mercatorprojektionen die Mercator-Projektion; Genitiv: der Mercator-Projektion, Plural: die Mercator-Projektionen nach dem niederländischen Geografen G. Mercator (1512 –1594 )winkeltreuer Kartennetzentwurf mit rechtwinklig sich schneidenden Längen - und Breitenkreisen
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
Mercator('s) projection
Mer c à tor ('s ) proj é ction /mə r kèɪtə r (z )-|məː -/名詞 U 〘地 〙メルカトル式 (投影 )図法 .
The Wordsmith Dictionary