ALL meanings of conic projection
con·ic pro·jec·tion
C c - noun conic projection a map projection on which the earth is shown as projected onto a cone with its apex over one of the poles and with parallels of latitude radiating from this apex 3
- noun conic projection a type of map projection made by projecting and reproducing an image of the earth's surface on the surface of a cone and unrolling this to a plane surface on which the parallels of latitude are then concentric circles and the meridians equally spaced radii 3
- noun conic projection a map projection based on the concept of projecting the earth's surface on a conical surface, which is then unrolled to a plane surface. 1