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antimeridian

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See also: Antimeridian

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Etymology

From anti- + meridian.

Noun

antimeridian (plural antimeridians)

  1. (geography) The reference line at 180° longitude, on the opposite side of earth to the prime meridian.
    Synonym: Greenwich antimeridian
    • 2015, Simon Guerrier, Dr. Marek Kukula, The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who, Random House, →ISBN:
      On the opposite side of the Earth from Greenwich is the antimeridian, a line of longitude that is 180° both east and west of the prime meridian. It cuts through parts of eastern Russia, the Fiji Islands and the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
  2. (geography) A meridian of longitude opposite to any given meridian used as a point of reference.
    123° west is the antimeridian of the 57° east meridian.
    • 2006, William Millar, The Amateur Astronomer's Introduction to the Celestial Sphere, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 24:
      The antimeridian contains your nadir and the opposite celestial pole for your hemisphere. The local meridian and the antimeridian together form the great circle simply called the meridian.
    • 2017, Charles W. J. Withers, Zero Degrees: Geographies of the Prime Meridian, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 183:
      Other prime meridians were presented as candidates for the world's baseline: Jersualem; Ferro; Kamchatka; the mid-Atlantic; the Bering Strait; and Greenwich's antimeridian.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French antiméridien.

Noun

antimeridian n (plural antimeridiane)

  1. antimeridian

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

References

  • antimeridian in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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