conformal
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
conformal/kənˈfɔːm(ə)l/
▶adjective (of a map) preserving the correct angles between directions within small areas, though distorting distances.
– derivatives
conformally adverb.
conformally adverb.
– origin C17 (in the sense ‘conformable’): from late L. conformalis, from con- ‘together’ + formalis ‘formal’.
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