| 单词 | line of longitude |
| 释义 | line of longitude (once / 311035 pages) n WORD FAMILY line of longitude: lines of longitude USAGE EXAMPLESMadrid is on a similar line of longitude to Swansea in Wales. Economist(Aug 11, 2016) Modern satellite systems provide location data based on global lines of longitude and latitude, which do not move even if the continents on Earth shift. BBC(Jul 29, 2016) Lines of latitude denote different mixtures of up and down, and lines of longitude denote the "phase," or how the up and down parts mesh. Science Magazine(Dec 23, 2015) n an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper meridian International Date Line an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian Greenwich Meridianthe meridian passing through Greenwich; was internationally adopted as the earth's zero of longitude in 1884 observer's meridian a meridian that passes through the observer's zenith prime meridianmeridian at zero degree longitude from which east and west are reckoned (usually the Greenwich longitude in England) magnetic meridianan imaginary line passing through both magnetic poles of the Earth great circle a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center |
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