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HOMOLOGRAPHIC

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hom`o*lo*graph"ic\, a. [Homo- + Gr. "o`los whole
+ -graph + -ic; but cf. F. homalographique, Gr. ? even,
level.]
Preserving the mutual relations of parts, especially as to
size and form; maintaining relative proportion.
{Homolographic projection}, a method of constructing
   geographical charts or maps, so that the surfaces, as
   delineated on a plane, have the same relative size as the
   real surfaces; that is, so that the relative actual areas
   of the different countries are accurately represented by
   the corresponding portions of the map.
 

 

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