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easting

noun

Etymology

From east + -ing.

  1. derived from *h₂éwsteros✻ — “east”
  2. inherited from *austraz✻
  3. inherited from *austrą✻
  4. inherited from *austr✻
  5. inherited from ēast
  6. inherited from est
  7. suffixed as easting — “east + ing”

Definitions

  1. The distance east of a standard reference meridian.

  2. A distance traveled eastward.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

Derived

false easting

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for easting. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA