polyconic projection: Meaning and Definition of

polycon'ic projec'tion

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— Cartog. Cartog.
  1. a conic projection in which the parallels are arcs of circles that are not concentric but are equally spaced along the central straight meridian, all other meridians being curves equally spaced along the parallels.
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