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prime meridian vs line of longitude

line of longitude vs prime meridian

prime meridian and line of longitude both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prime meridian Yes No No No
line of longitude Yes No No No
As nouns, line of longitude is a hypernym of prime meridian; that is, line of longitude is a word with a broader meaning than prime meridian:
  • prime meridian: meridian at zero degree longitude from which east and west are reckoned (usually the Greenwich longitude in England)
  • 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
Other hypernyms of prime meridian include meridian.
prime meridian (noun) line of longitude (noun)
meridian at zero degree longitude from which east and west are reckoned (usually the Greenwich longitude in England) an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator
Difference between prime meridian and line of longitude

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