greenwich meridian

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   the meridian passing through Greenwich; was internationally adopted as the earth's zero of longitude in 1884

   Broaderprime meridian

Questions about greenwich meridian

What does greenwich meridian mean?

greenwich meridian means "the meridian passing through Greenwich; was internationally adopted as the earth's zero of longitude in 1884".

Is greenwich meridian a common word?

greenwich meridian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.