单词 | international date line |
释义 | > as lemmasInternational Date Line International Date Line n. (usually with the) an imaginary line running from the North to the South Pole and through the Pacific Ocean, to the east of which the date is reckoned to be a day earlier than it is to the west; = dateline n. 2.Formally adopted by the international community in 1884, the line mainly follows the meridian 180 degrees from Greenwich, deviating from it to the east and west so as to avoid crossing the Russian Far East and various island groups. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > date-line International Date Line1875 the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [noun] > time zone > boundary of International Date Line1875 dateline1876 1875 J. Schedler Illustr. Man. Use Globes 23 Thus we have become acquainted, in this remarkable line, with an International Date-line founded in the mathematico-geographical relations of the various portions of our Earth. 1957 O. D. Von Engeln & B. C. Netschert Gen. Geogr. iv. 71/2 The international date line does not coincide with 180° meridian..but zigzags to give portions of the same political territories the same date. 1966 Mrs. L. B. Johnson Diary 2 Nov. in White House Diary (1970) 453 Sometime in the dark hours over the Pacific we had crossed the International Dateline. 2007 M. Carlson Notes from Spinning Planet i. 9 This is just a little layover... I didn't really want you to miss your birthday as we flew over the International Date Line. < as lemmas |
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