line of longitude
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an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator
all points on the same meridian have the same longitude
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | meridional |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | great circle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | observer's meridian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prime meridian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | magnetic meridian |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | dateline |