meridian

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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

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

"It seems a little incriminating," he said, explaining that he had pulled it out of a grassy meridian and torn it up.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2022

In measuring a degree of meridian, the surveyors would create a sort of chain of triangles marching across the landscape.

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