MERCATOR

Mercator, Gerardus Mercator, Gerhard Kremer

(noun) Flemish geographer who lived in Germany; he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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29 April 2024

SUBDUCTION

(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate


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