easting

English

Etymology

east +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: eas‧ting

Noun

easting (plural eastings)

(cartography) The distance east of a standard reference meridian.
Coordinate term: longitude
(nautical) A distance traveled eastward.
A turning towards the east.
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the first (The Maiden), page 47:
  He had, in truth, drunk very little - not a fourth of the quantity which a systematic tippler could carry to church on a Sunday afternoon without a hitch in his eastings or genuflections; but the weakness of Sir John's constitution made mountains of his petty sins in this kind.

Derived terms

false easting

Translations

distance east of a standard reference meridian

distance traveled east

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Dutch: ^{(please verify)} Oostwaarde

Anagrams

ageinst, eatings, gainest, genista, giantes, ingates, ingesta, seating, signate, tagines, tangies, teasing, tsigane

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