English Dictionary

Mercator

IPA（発音記号）

/məˈkeɪ.tə/

名詞

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(chiefly attributive) Pertaining to an orthomorphic map projection, in which meridians appear at right-angles to the equator, and lines of latitude are horizontal lines whose distance from each other increases with distance from the equator.

日本語の意味

メルカトル図法に関連する。すなわち、地図投影法の一種で、子午線が赤道に対して直角に交わり、緯線は水平線となるが、赤道から離れるにつれて間隔が広がる特徴がある。

The Mercator chart remains popular among mariners because its meridians meet the equator at right angles and its lines of latitude are straight, though spacing between them increases toward the poles.

メルカトル図法に基づく海図は、子午線が赤道に直角に交わり緯線が直線であるため航海者に依然人気がありますが、緯線間の間隔は赤道から離れるほど大きくなります。

意味（1）

(chiefly attributive) Pertaining to an orthomorphic map projection, in which meridians appear at right-angles to the equator, and lines of latitude are horizontal lines whose distance from each other increases with distance from the equator.

In the Mercator projection, the line of intersection between the cylinder and the sphere is the equator, while in the Traverse Mercator this line is a meridian.

意味（2）

(countable) Such a projection or chart.

we have determined to go by way of Lisbon […] , if so be that Capt. Kidd our gallant or rather gallows commander understands plain sailing and Mercator, and takes us on our voyage all according to the Chart.

Mercators （ plural ）