meridian

Example Sentences

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The route from New York to Istanbul to Santiago would have tacked on two unnecessary crossings of the prime meridian.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2024

Since early September, they had logged nearly 12,000 miles aboard the Offshore Surveyor, crisscrossing the equator near the 180th meridian.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2024

He disappeared behind the weeds covering the steep embankment of the meridian.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2023

The line, which for centuries has fallen roughly along the 100th meridian, has moved east by about 140 miles since the late 1800s.

From Scientific American • May 11, 2023

From this, he reasoned he could determine the length of one degree of the Earth’s meridian and thus calculate the distance around the whole.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson