"prime meridian" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prime meridians [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} prime meridian (plural prime meridians)
  1. The reference line at 0° longitude, passing through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is measured. Wikipedia link: prime meridian Synonyms: Greenwich meridian, zero meridian Translations (reference line): meridià zero [masculine] (Catalan), 本初子午線 (Chinese Mandarin), 本初子午线 (běnchū zǐwǔxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 格林威治子午線 (Chinese Mandarin), 格林威治子午线 (Gélínwēizhì zǐwǔxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 格林尼治子午線 (Chinese Mandarin), 格林尼治子午线 (Gélínnízhì zǐwǔxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), nulmeridiaan [masculine] (Dutch), nollameridiaani (Finnish), premier méridien [masculine] (French), méridien d’origine [masculine] (French), Nullmeridian [masculine] (German), प्रधान यामोत्तर (pradhān yāmottar) [masculine] (Hindi), kezdő délkör (Hungarian), meridiano zero [masculine] (Italian), bĩin-lu-tikdga (Moore), meridiano primário [masculine] (Portuguese), meridiano principal [masculine] (Portuguese), primul meridian [neuter] (Romanian), Гри́нвичский меридиа́н (Grínvičskij meridián) [masculine] (Russian), meridiano cero [masculine] (Spanish), nollmeridian [common-gender] (Swedish), kinh tuyến gốc (Vietnamese), prif feridian [feminine] (Welsh)

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