meridian of longitude

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meridian of longitude: see longitude longitude , angular distance on the earth's surface measured along any latitude line such as the equator east or west of the prime meridian. A meridian of longitude is an imaginary line on the earth's surface from pole to pole; two opposite meridians form a great
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No references found			] Information: The international dote line [IDL] is the 180[degrees] meridian of longitude. Map of Oceania by Junior Scholastic 1884: An international conference voted overwhelmingly to adopt Greenwich as the universal meridian of longitude, from which standard times throughout the world are calculated - despite determined lobbying in favour of Paris by the French delegation. ON THIS DAY IN .. by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Greenwich Mean Time, as the name suggests, is the right time for a country located on the 0i meridian of longitude. Putting ourselves wilfully out of step with our major trading ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			Mergelian, Sergei Nikitovich Mergenthaler, Ottmar Merger merging routine Mergui Mergui Archipelago Mergus Meria Merian's formula Merian, Maria Sibylla Merian, Matthäus Meribah Meriç mericarp mericlinal chimera Merida Mérida Meriden meridian meridian altitude meridian angle meridian angle difference Meridian Circle Meridian Line meridian observation meridian of longitude meridian passage meridian photometer meridian sailing meridian section Meridian State Park meridian stone meridian telescope meridian transit Meridian, Magnetic Meridian, Terrestrial Meridian-Baseline State Park meridional meridional cell meridional circulation meridional difference meridional flow meridional focus meridional front meridional index meridional parts meridional plane meridional ray meridional wind Meridosternata Merilo Pravednoe			Meridian Digital Centrex Meridian Farms Water Company Meridian Golf Learning Center Meridian Health Care Management Meridian High School Meridian Hill Baptist Church Meridian Hill Neighborhood Association Meridian Holdings Meridian Insurance Group, Inc. Meridian Integrated Conference Bridge Meridian Integrated Personal Call Director Meridian Integrated Recorded Announcement Meridian Integrated Voice Services Meridian International Hotel School Meridian Junior College Meridian Junior College Symphonic Band Meridian Line Meridian Line Meridian Lossless Packing Meridian Mail Meridian Management Group, Inc. Meridian Medical Technologies, Inc. Meridian Motor Speedway Meridian Naval Air Station meridian observation meridian of longitude Meridian Park meridian passage Meridian Passport meridian photometer meridian points meridian points meridian points meridian points meridian points Meridian Primary School Meridian Project Systems, Inc. Meridian Public School District meridian sailing meridian section Meridian Services Attendant Console Meridian Software Inc Meridian State Park meridian stone Meridian Street United Methodist Church meridian system Meridian Tapping Technique Meridian Technical Charter High School Meridian telescope meridian theory meridian theory meridian theory meridian theory meridian theory meridian therapy Meridian Title Corporation

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