Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index C conic projection: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: con'ic projec'tion Pronunciation: [key] — Cartog. Cartog. a map projection based on the concept of projecting the earth's surface on a conical surface, which is then unrolled to a plane surface. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. conicoid conics ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: quadrumanous Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language