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Definition: MERIDIONAL PARTS

Part of Speech Definition
Expression 1. Parts of the meridian in Mercator's projection, corresponding to each minute of latitude from the equator up to 70 or 80 degrees; tabulated numbers representing these parts used in projecting charts, and in solving cases in Mercator's sailing.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Definition: MERIDIONAL PARTS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Expression1. Parts of the meridian in Mercator's projection, corresponding to each minute of latitude from the equator up to 70 or 80 degrees; tabulated numbers representing these parts used in projecting charts, and in solving cases in Mercator's sailing.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Common Expressions: MERIDIONAL PARTS

ExpressionsDefinition
Meridional partsParts of the meridian in Mercator's projection, corresponding to each minute of latitude from the equator up to 70 or 80 degrees; tabulated numbers representing these parts used in projecting charts, and in solving cases in Mercator's sailing. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.

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Specialty Expressions: MERIDIONAL PARTS

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Meridional partsGeographyAre lengths of the meridian on a Mercator projection between the equator and any given latitude, expressed in units of a minute of longitude at the equator DU BUREAU HYDROGRAPHIQUE INTERNATIONAL DE MONACO, 1951. Source: European Union. (references)

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