MAGNETIC MERIDIAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An imaginary line passing through both magnetic poles of the Earth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("magnetic meridian" is a kind of...):

line of longitude; meridian (an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator)

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