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easting
CIDE DICTIONARY
easting, n.
The distance measured toward the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward made by a vessel. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
easting, n. Naut. etc. the distance travelled or the angle of longitude measured eastward from either a defined north-south grid line or a meridian.
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