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4101 | projection: stereographic polar | See PROJECTION: STEREOGRAPHIC. |
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4102 | projection: transverse cylindrical orthomorphic | See PROJECTION: TRANSVERSE MERCATOR. |
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4103 | projection: transverse Mercator | A PROJECTION of the cylindrical type, being in principle equivalent to the regular MERCATOR PROJECTION turned (transversed) 90° in AZIMUTH.... more |
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4104 | projection: Universal Transverse Mercator | See GRID: UNIVERSAL TRANSVERSE MERCATOR (UTM). |
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4105 | projection: zenithal | See PROJECTION: AZIMUTHAL. |
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4106 | projector | An optical instrument which throws the IMAGE of a NEGATIVE or PRINT upon a SCREEN or other viewing surface, usually at a larger scale. An un... more |
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4107 | projector: reflecting | In PHOTOGRAMMETRY, an instrument by means of which the IMAGE of an AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH can be projected onto a MAP. By varying the position of... more |
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4108 | prolate spheroid | See SPHEROID. |
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4109 | prominent object | Objects which are easily identifiable, but do not justify being classed as conspicuous. |
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4110 | promontory | A high point of LAND extending into a body of water. A CAPE. |
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4111 | proof | In CARTOGRAPHY, an advanced copy of a MAP produced to check the design, register and/or to enable ERRORS to be detected and corrected befor... more |
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4112 | proof plotting | An advanced copy of a map or chart produced by a PLOTTER to check the design and registration, and to detect and correct errors before final... more |
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4113 | propagated error | An error which occurs in one operation and contaminates subsequent operations. |
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4114 | properties of sea water | See SEA WATER, SALINITY. |
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4115 | proportional dividers | An instrument consisting in its simple form of two legs pointed at both ends and provided with an adjustable PIVOT, so that for any given p... more |
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4116 | protected reversing thermometer | See THERMOMETER. |
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4117 | proton precession magnetometer | See MAGNETOMETER: NUCLEAR PRECESSION. |
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4118 | protractor | An instrument for measuring angles on a surface; an angular SCALE. In its most usual form it consists of a circle or part of one (usually a ... more |
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4119 | protractor: Cust | Square or rectangular sheet of transparent xylonite engraved with a circle graduated in DEGREES and half DEGREES. Observed angles are drawn... more |
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4120 | protractor: parallel motion | An instrument consisting essentially of a PROTRACTOR and one or more arms attached to a parallel motion device, so that the movement of the ... more |