Easting
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The distance east of a standard reference meridian. countable, uncountable
- 2 A distance traveled eastward. countable, uncountable
"It was very tiring and slow work, yet I did visibly gain ground; and as we drew near the Cape of the Woods, though I saw I must infallibly miss that point, I had still made some hundred yards of easting."
- 3 A turning towards the east. countable, uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"It was very tiring and slow work, yet I did visibly gain ground; and as we drew near the Cape of the Woods, though I saw I must infallibly miss that point, I had still made some hundred yards of easting."
Etymology
From east + -ing.
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