Terrestrial Meridian

terrestrial meridian

[tə′res·trē·əl mə′rid·ē·ən] (geodesy) astronomical meridian

Meridian, Terrestrial

an imaginary line on the surface of the earth all of whose points have the same geographic longitude; this imaginary line passes through both poles of the earth. Terrestrial meridians for the earth’s ellipsoid of revolution are plane curves—arcs of ellipses that are sections of an ellipsoid cut by planes passing through the axis of revolution. Geographic latitude is measured along the terrestrial meridian, north of the equator being northern latitude and south of the equator being southern latitude. The total length of a terrestrial meridian (circumference of the earth) for the Krasovskii ellipsoid is 40,-008.550 km. (SeeGEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES.)

单词	terrestrial meridian
释义	Terrestrial Meridian terrestrial meridian [tə′res·trē·əl mə′rid·ē·ən] (geodesy) astronomical meridian Meridian, Terrestrial an imaginary line on the surface of the earth all of whose points have the same geographic longitude; this imaginary line passes through both poles of the earth. Terrestrial meridians for the earth’s ellipsoid of revolution are plane curves—arcs of ellipses that are sections of an ellipsoid cut by planes passing through the axis of revolution. Geographic latitude is measured along the terrestrial meridian, north of the equator being northern latitude and south of the equator being southern latitude. The total length of a terrestrial meridian (circumference of the earth) for the Krasovskii ellipsoid is 40,-008.550 km. (SeeGEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES.)
随便看	nilsson, birgit nilsson, christine nilsson, lennart nilstat nils tellier consulting international nilt nilta nil tamere novandum nilthe nilts niltu nilu nilutamide nilw nilz nilópolis nim nima nimaa nima acquisition review board nima aeronautical migration systems configuration management plan nimac nima configuration control board nimacs nima data system