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prime meridian
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prime meridian, the terrestrial
meridian from which
longitudes are measured eastwards or westwards, the longitude of the prime meridian being 0°. Early Mediterranean
navigators used the meridian through the Fortunate Isles, or Canaries, as their first, or prime, meridian as they were then thought to be the westernmost part of the habitable globe. During the 15th and 16th centuries when the peoples of western Europe emerged as sea traders, almost every maritime nation used as a prime meridian a meridian passing through its own territory. The French, for example, used the meridian of Paris; the Dutch, that through Amsterdam; and the English the meridian through London. The inconvenience to navigators caused by the existence of a multitude of prime meridians, and so
charts with differing meridians east and west, was not resolved until the closing decade of the 19th century when it was decided by international agreement to adopt the meridian of Greenwich as the prime meridian.
See also
Greenwich Mean Time.
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Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/19/1999; 700+ words
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prime meridian
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...Canaries, as their first, or prime, meridian as they were then...maritime nation used as a prime meridian a meridian passing...existence of a multitude of prime meridians, and so charts with differing meridians east and west, was not resolved...international agreement ...
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meridian
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
meridian, from Latin medius meaning middle...circle joining the earth's poles. Meridians, better known as lines of longitude...the sun crosses an observer's meridian, the local time is midday. See also prime meridian .
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meridian, terrestrial
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
meridian, terrestrial A plane through the Earth's poles, defining a particular longitude on Earth. See also Prime Meridian .
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Greenwich meridian
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Greenwich meridian see prime meridian .
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prime vertical
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
prime vertical The great circle that passes through...observer's zenith, perpendicular to the meridian. It intersects the horizon at the west...through east and west are known as the prime vertical east and the prime vertical west .
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