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Meaning of prime meridian | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The reference line at 0° longitude, passing through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is measured.

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Examples

“Other prime meridians were presented as candidates for the world's baseline: Jerusalem; Ferro; Kamchatka; the mid-Atlantic; the Bering Strait; and Greenwich's antimeridian.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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