international date line

Definition of International Date Line in English :

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Noun

1. date line, dateline, international date line

an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

International Date Line

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noun

the line approximately following the 180° meridian from Greenwich on the east side of which the date is one day earlier than on the west

. Also called: date line

International Date Line

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[often I- D- L-]

an imaginary line drawn north and south through the Pacific Ocean, largely along the 180th meridian: at this line, by international agreement, each calendar day begins at midnight, so that when it is Sunday just west of the line, it is Saturday just east of it

International Date Line

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n.

An imaginary line through the Pacific Ocean roughly corresponding to 180° longitude, to the east of which, by international agreement, the calendar date is one day earlier than to the west.

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