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Conformal

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adjective. Designating or specifying a mapping of a surface or region upon another surface so that all angles between intersecting curves remain unchanged.

adjective. Of or relating to a map projection in which small areas are rendered with true shape.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Of the same form.

In mathematics, conserving angles or establishing infinitesimal similarity.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adjective. Describing something that conforms, especially that matches the shape of something.

adjective. Describing a map projection which has the property of preserving relative angles over small scales (except at a limited number of distinct points). On such map projections the scale depends only location but not direction. Also referred to as orthomorphic.