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false easting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables
false east-ing
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A value relating to distance east of a standard meridian but with a constant added to make the numbers convenient. For instance, in UTM the value 500,000 is added to the easting from the center of each zone to return a false easting that is never negative (the smallest true easting is approximately -340,000 which is set to false easting of 160,000).

Inflected Forms

false eastings (plural)

Phrases

false northing

Frequently Paired Words

false northing

Questions

What does false easting mean?
A value relating to distance east of a standard meridian but with a constant added to make the numbers convenient. For instance, in UTM the value 500,000 is added to the easting from the center of each zone to return a false easting that is never negative (the smallest true easting is approximately -340,000 which is set to false easting of 160,000).

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