Meaning Of The Word Prime meridian

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Prime meridian Meaning

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What's The Definition Of Prime meridian?

prime meridian
The prime meridian is the line of longitude, corresponding to zero degrees and passing through Greenwich, England, from which all the other lines of longitude are calculated.

prime meridian in American English
the meridian from which longitude is measured both east and west; 0° longitude: it passes through Greenwich, England
noun: the meridian running through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is reckoned

prime meridian in British English
noun: the 0° meridian from which the other meridians or lines of longitude are calculated, usually taken to pass through Greenwich

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