Tissot's indicatrix (English, noun)
expansion: Tissot's indicatrix (plural Tissot's indicatrices)
Senses:
topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A mathematical contrivance used to characterize local distortions due to map projection. It is the geometry that results from projecting a circle of infinitesimal radius from a curved geometric model, such as a globe, onto a map.
Forms:
form: Tissot's indicatrices
tags: plural