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adj
Of or relating to a method of thematic mapping that uses areal symbols to classify volumetric data in a spatial manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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History
Coined by its inventor, Benjamin (Veniamin) Petrovich Semenov-Tyan-Shansky in 1911, from Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “thick with leaves, dense”) and μέτρον (métron, “measure”).
