mercator's chart

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mercator's chart - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mercator's chart \Mer*ca"tor's chart"\
     See under Chart, and see Mercator's projection, under
     Projection.
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  Chart \Chart\ (ch[aum]rt; k[aum]rt Obs.), n. [A doublet of card:
     cf. F. charte charter, carte card. See Card, and cf.
     Charter.]
     1. A sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which
        information is exhibited, esp. when the information is
        arranged in tabular form; as, an historical chart.
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     2. A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which
        is projected a portion of water and the land which it
        surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended
        especially for the use of seamen; as, the United States
        Coast Survey charts; the English Admiralty charts.
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     3. A written deed; a charter.
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     Globular chart, a chart constructed on a globular
        projection. See under Globular.
  
     Heliographic chart, a map of the sun with its spots.
  
     Mercator's chart, a chart constructed on the principle of
        Mercator's projection. See Projection.
  
     Plane chart, a representation of some part of the
        superficies of the globe, in which its spherical form is
        disregarded, the meridians being drawn parallel to each
        other, and the parallels of latitude at equal distances.
        
  
     Selenographic chart, a map representing the surface of the
        moon.
  
     Topographic chart, a minute delineation of a limited place
        or region.
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