论“纬度渐长率”

To argue abot the errors in translation of MP into Chinese

本文根据国家自然科学名词审定委员会所规定的译名的基本原则和航海学中的定义,讨论了MP汉语译名中的错误,并提出正确的命名“纬距”及其涵义(在墨卡托海图上,某地纬圈至赤道的距离)。

In this paper the author examined and argued about the errors in translations of meridianal parts, MP, into Chinese, according to the guiding rules for translations and definitions in navigation, and named the MP in chinese Wei Ju, which means the distance between the equator and a given parallel on a Mercator chart.