mercator
adjective(Mer-ca-tor)
of, relating to, or drawn on the Mercator projection
mercator
biographical name(Mer-ca-tor)
Gerardus 1512—1594 Gerhard Kremer Flemish cartographer
mercator
noun(Mer-ca-tor)
a conformal map projection of which the meridians are usually drawn parallel to each other and the parallels of latitude are straight lines whose distance from each other increases with their distance from the equator