line of longitude vs observer's meridian

observer's meridian vs line of longitude

line of longitude and observer's meridian both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
line of longitude	Yes	No	No	No
observer's meridian	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, observer's meridian is a hyponym of line of longitude; that is, observer's meridian is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than line of longitude:

line of longitude: an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator
observer's meridian: a meridian that passes through the observer's zenith

Other hyponyms of line of longitude include prime meridian, magnetic meridian.

line of longitude (noun)	observer's meridian (noun)
an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator	a meridian that passes through the observer's zenith

line of longitude vs observer's meridian

line of longitude and observer's meridian both are nouns.

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