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Peters (iou) and J (medicine)


Peters (iou)



Peters noun. L20.
[Arno Peters (b. 1916), German historian.]
Peters projection, Peters' projection, a world map projection in which areas are shown in correct proportion at the expense of distorted shape, using a rectangular decimal grid to replace latitude and longitude.
? Devised to be a fairer representation of equatorial countries (i.e. most developing countries), whose area is under-represented by the usual projections such as Mercator's.

J (medicine)


J
Symbol for joule; Joule's equivalent; electric current density, flux.