representative fraction
English
Noun
representative
fraction
(
plural
representative fractions
)
(
cartography
)
The
scale
of a
map
expressed as a
fraction
. For example, 1/63,360 or 1:63,360 indicates a scale of one
inch
to the
mile
.
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