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equatorial aspect

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  1. [map projections] A planar (or azimuthal) projection with its central point located at the equator. Media/equatorial-aspect.gif
  2. [cartography] The aspect that occurs when a point or line of tangency is at or along the equator in the tangent case or equidistant from the equator in the secant case.

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