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POLYCONIC
Pol
`y *
con
"
ic,
a.
Etym:
[
Poly-
+
conic.
]
Defn: Pertaining
to,
or
based
upon,
many
cones.
Polyconic
projection
(
Map
Making
), a
projection
of
the
earth's
surface,
or
any
portion
thereof,
by
which
each
narrow
zone
is
projected
upon
a
conical
surface
that
touches
the
sphere
along
this
zone,
the
conical
surface
being
then
unrolled.
This
projection
differs
from
conic
projection
in
that
latter
assumes
but
one
cone
for
the
whole
map.
Polyconic
projection
is
that
in
use
in
the
United
States
coast
and
geodetic
survey.
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