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prettygoodwordcordiform (KAWR-duh-form) - adj., heart-shaped.
Specifically, the conventional shape from cards ♥ rather than an actual cardiac muscle. This shape:
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That is a cordiform projection map (specifically, a Wener projection, which is equal-area and so doesn't blow up Greenland or any other feature. Coined in the 1820s originally as New Latin cordiformis, from Latin roots cord-, combining form of cor, heart + -form, shape of.
---L.
Specifically, the conventional shape from cards ♥ rather than an actual cardiac muscle. This shape:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
That is a cordiform projection map (specifically, a Wener projection, which is equal-area and so doesn't blow up Greenland or any other feature. Coined in the 1820s originally as New Latin cordiformis, from Latin roots cord-, combining form of cor, heart + -form, shape of.
---L.
