prime meridian

English

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.

Synonyms

• Greenwich meridian

Related terms

• antimeridian

Translations

reference line

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 本初子午線／本初子午线 (zh) (běnchū zǐwǔxiàn), 本初子午线 (zh) (běnchū zǐwǔxiàn), 格林威治子午線／格林威治子午线, 格林威治子午线 (Gélínwēizhì zǐwǔxiàn), 格林尼治子午線／格林尼治子午线, 格林尼治子午线 (Gélínnízhì zǐwǔxiàn)

• Finnish: nollameridiaani
• Hungarian: kezdő délkör
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: Гри́нвичский меридиа́н m (Grínvičskij meridián)
• Vietnamese: kinh tuyến gốc (vi)
• Welsh: prif feridian f