HyperDic: greenwich_meridian

English > 1 sense of the expression Greenwich Meridian:
NOUNlocationGreenwich Meridianthe meridian passing through Greenwich
English > Greenwich Meridian: 1 sense > noun 1, location
MeaningThe meridian passing through Greenwich; was internationally adopted as the earth's zero of longitude in 1884.
Instance ofprime meridianmeridian at zero degree longitude from which east and west are reckoned (usually the Greenwich longitude in England)

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