prime meridian
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prime meridian
noun prime meridians
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The reference line at 0° longitude, passing through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is measured.
Other prime meridians were presented as candidates for the world's baseline: Jerusalem; Ferro; Kamchatka; the mid-Atlantic; the Bering Strait; and Greenwich's antimeridian.
Similar: Greenwich meridian, zero meridian
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noun reference line
| Español | meridiano cero |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 本初子午線 /本初子午线 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 |
| हिन्दी | प्रधान मध्याह्न रेखा pradhān madhyāhna rekhā |
| Português | meridiano primário, meridiano principal |
| Français | premier méridien, méridien d’origine |
| Deutsch | Nullmeridian |
| Italiano | meridiano zero |
| Română | primul meridian |
| Русский | Гри́нвичский меридиа́н Grínvičskij meridián |
| Tiếng Việt | kinh tuyến gốc |
| العربية | خَطّ الزَّوَال ḵaṭṭ az-zawāl, خَطّ الطُّول الرَّئِيسِيّ ḵaṭṭ aṭ-ṭūl ar-raʔīsiyy, خَطّ غَرِينِيتْش ḵaṭṭ ḡarīnītš |
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title = {prime meridian},
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