easting

[ ee-sting ]

/ ˈi stɪŋ /

noun

Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.

a shifting eastward; easterly direction.

Surveying. a distance east from a north-south reference line.

Origin of easting

First recorded in 1620–30; east + -ing¹

Words nearby easting

East Haven, East India Company, East Indian, East Indian walnut, East Indies, easting, easting down, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, East Islip, East Kilbride, Eastlake

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Example sentences from the Web for easting

This was more important as the prevailing winds appeared to be to easterly, and every mile of easting would count.
South!|Sir Ernest Shackleton
Then came the day, when, steering east by south, they started to “run their easting down.”
The Viking Blood|Frederick William Wallace
The captain, 375 eager for easting, made a fair wind of it, and guyed the booms out wing and wing.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
Through our ninety degrees of Easting I had but little exercise.
Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number 4|Various

And yet here you are, with all the stuff of the sea in you, running down your easting for port.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore|Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for easting

easting

/ (ˈiːstɪŋ) /

noun

nautical the net distance eastwards made by a vessel moving towards the east

cartography

the distance eastwards of a point from a given meridian indicated by the first half of a map grid reference
a longitudinal grid lineCompare northing (def. 3)

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单词	easting
释义	easting [ ee-sting ] / ˈi stɪŋ / noun Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure. a shifting eastward; easterly direction. Surveying. a distance east from a north-south reference line. Origin of easting First recorded in 1620–30; east + -ing¹ Words nearby easting East Haven, East India Company, East Indian, East Indian walnut, East Indies, easting, easting down, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, East Islip, East Kilbride, Eastlake Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for easting This was more important as the prevailing winds appeared to be to easterly, and every mile of easting would count. South!\|Sir Ernest Shackleton Then came the day, when, steering east by south, they started to “run their easting down.” The Viking Blood\|Frederick William Wallace The captain, 375 eager for easting, made a fair wind of it, and guyed the booms out wing and wing. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25)\|Robert Louis Stevenson Through our ninety degrees of Easting I had but little exercise. Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number 4\|Various And yet here you are, with all the stuff of the sea in you, running down your easting for port. The Mutiny of the Elsinore\|Jack London British Dictionary definitions for easting easting / (ˈiːstɪŋ) / noun nautical the net distance eastwards made by a vessel moving towards the east cartography the distance eastwards of a point from a given meridian indicated by the first half of a map grid reference a longitudinal grid lineCompare northing (def. 3) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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