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undevelopable surface
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projection
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[map projections]
A surface, such as the earth's, that cannot be flattened into a map without stretching, tearing, or squeezing it. To produce a flat map of the round earth, its three-dimensional surface must be projected onto a developable shape such as a plane, cone, or cylinder.
