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prime_meridian

prime meridian

English

Noun

prime meridian ‎(uncountable)

The reference line at 0° longitude, passing through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is measured.

Synonyms

Greenwich meridian

Translations

reference line

Chinese:
Mandarin: 本初子午線 (zh), 本初子午线 (zh) ‎(běnchū zǐwǔxiàn), 格林威治子午線, 格林威治子午线 ‎(Gélínwēizhì zǐwǔxiàn), 格林尼治子午線, 格林尼治子午线 ‎(Gélínnízhì zǐwǔxiàn)

Finnish: nollameridiaani
Hungarian: kezdő délkör
Russian: Гри́нвичский меридиа́н m ‎(Grínvičskij meridián)

Related terms

antimeridian