Usage of "prime meridian"

Russian

нулевой меридиан

Portuguese

meridiano primário

Catalan

primer meridià

Spanish

primer meridiano

Meridian, i.e. a line of longitude, at which longitude is defined to be 0°

180th meridian

нулевой меридиан

Synonyms

Examples for "0°e"

0°e
0°w

Examples for "0°e"

27° 0' W. Spoke the English bark Mary Catherine, from Bahia, bound to Calcutta. 
 Two Years Before the Mast 

Usage of prime meridian in English

The placement of the prime meridian is a purely political decision. 
 The illustrated longitude: the true story of a lone genius who s... 

They declared the Greenwich meridian the prime meridian of the world. 
 The illustrated longitude: the true story of a lone genius who s... 

C. A. S. Totten, U.S.A., advocating a prime meridian through the great pyramid. 
 International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of F... 

It was called Greenwich because it was positioned above Old Earth's prime meridian. 
 Seveneves 

The second prime meridian begins at the mouth of Little Blue Creek, in Indiana. 
 Studies in Civics 

A prime meridian is first determined, then a baseline crossing it at right angles. 
 Studies in Civics 

The cosmic day consists of twenty-four hours, and commences at midnight of the prime meridian. 
 International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of F... 

Ptolemy was free, however, to lay his prime meridian, the zero-degree longitude line, wherever he liked. 
 The illustrated longitude: the true story of a lone genius who s... 

That from this prime meridian (the Greenwich meridian) longitude shall be counted in one direction. 
 International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of F... 

Because of England's sustained support for achievements in astronomical and navigational measurements, Greenwich landed the prime meridian. 
 Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries 

The first prime meridian has several base-lines. 
 Studies in Civics 

The prime meridian runs through Greenwich, England, because that was the point arbitrarily chosen in the late nineteenth century. 
 The charlemagne pursuit 

The difference between the two is a direct measure of your longitude east or west of the prime meridian. 
 Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries 

The first prime meridian starts at the mouth of the Great Miami and forms the western boundary of Ohio. 
 Studies in Civics 

Such a catastrophe became more probable as the wind shifted more to the east after they passed the prime meridian. 
 Robur the Conqueror 

This communication suggests that as the prime meridian passes through Havre, it should be allowable to call it by that name. 
 International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of F... 