antimeridian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The reference line at 180° longitude, on the opposite side of earth to the prime meridian.
Example Sentences
- "On the opposite side of the Earth from Greenwich is the antimeridian, a line of longitude that is 180° both east and west of the prime meridian. It cuts through parts of eastern Russia, the Fiji Islands and the middle of the Pacific Ocean."
- "123° west is the antimeridian of the 57° east meridian."
- "The antimeridian contains your nadir and the opposite celestial pole for your hemisphere. The local meridian and the antimeridian together form the great circle simply called the meridian."
- "Other prime meridians were presented as candidates for the world's baseline: Jersualem; Ferro; Kamchatka; the mid-Atlantic; the Bering Strait; and Greenwich's antimeridian."