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Mercator

英美 [mə'ketə]

n. 墨卡托（地理学家，地图制作家）

英文词源

Mercator: type of map projection, 1660s, invented by Flemish geographer Gerhard Kremer (1512-1594), who Latinized his surname, which means "dealer, tradesman," as Mercator (see merchant). He first used this type of map projection in 1568.

双语例句

1. Mercator might be used by a geologist mapping current directions in Palaeozoic sediment.: 地质学家可用麦卡托投影来绘制古生界沉积中的水流方向.

2. The mercator projection is one of the most used world map projection.: 麦卡托式是最常用的世界地图投影法.

3. We improved arithmetics of Mercator mapping transform and inverse transform.: 改进了墨卡托变换与逆变换算法.

4. Flemish cartographer who developed the Mercator projection ( 1568 ).: 麦卡托,格哈杜斯1512-1594佛兰芝地图的绘制者,发明了麦卡托投影法 ( 1568年 )