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an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator
all points on the same meridian have the same longitude
How To Use line of longitude In A Sentence
- The zero degree line of longitude slices down through Greenwich, dividing London into western and eastern hemispheres.
- That's the instant the sun is aligned with the degree line of longitude, or the prime meridian - also called the Greenwich Meridian.
- As of 1791, the meter was defined as one ten-millionth the distance from the North Pole to the equator along the line of longitude that passes through Paris.
- This line of longitude cuts through the jungle.
- From A it is parallel transported along the equator to B and then returned along another line of longitude to the pole.
