conformal
adjective
- 1
That conforms, especially to the shape of something.
- 2
(of a transformation) That preserves angles between intersecting curves.
- 3
(of a map projection) That preserves relative angles over small scales, at all but a limited number of distinct points.
“On conformal map projections, the scale depends on location only and not direction.”
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